How to define and use the date format “1 Jan 2012 7.03am”

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How can I define and use the date format "1 Jan 2012 7.03am"?

Harry Macpherson · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-21 09:39:59Z

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I'm answering my own question here, in the hope that other people might find this information useful. The answer is to use

\usepackage{datetime}
\settimeformat{ampmtime}
\newdateformat{mydate}{\THEDAY{ }\shortmonthname{ }\THEYEAR{ }\currenttime}

and then

\mydate\today

where you want to insert the date and time.

answered Jan 21 '12 at 9:39

Harry Macpherson
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It would be better if you expanded the answer to cover also other date formats (for example in different languages). – egreg Jan 21 '12 at 9:44

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Unfortunately a bug in ampmtime makes 12.22pm come up as "12.22 noon"! – Harry Macpherson Jan 21 '12 at 12:26

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