More TextExpander Date and Time Formatting Options

TextExpander 3.1 and TextExpander touch 1.1.6 now support Unicode Date Format Patterns.

This means TextExpander now has support for time zone, era, day of year, and calendar quarter.

For example:

This is day number %date:D% of the current year. We’re now in the %date:qqqq% (%date:qqq%). I’m expanding in %date:zzzz%. Today is %date:yyyy.MM.dd G%.

Expands at the time of writing this post to:

This is day number 216 of the current year. We’re now in the 3rd quarter (Q3). I’m expanding in Pacific Daylight Time. Today is 2010.08.04 AD.

There’s tons of detail in the Unicode Date Format Patterns documentation. Feel free to write us if you have questions.

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4 Responses to “More TextExpander Date and Time Formatting Options”

  1. Robert Mark Bram says:
    August 6, 2011 at 9:08 am

    Thank you very much – this was very useful!

    I gave TextExpander and date expansion a write up in my own post: http://robertmarkbramprogrammer.blogspot.com/2011/08/text-macros-in-ios-insert-date-on-ipad.html

    I think it would be a very good idea if you updated the TextExpanders docs to include more info on this and other common expansion tokens.

    Thanks for the great app!

    Rob
    :)

  2. ArtCroky says:
    August 10, 2011 at 4:40 pm

    I am French user of “TextExpander” and my system (OS) is in French but I would have snippets of this kind in English (% b% d,% Y) but I get is inevitably one months in French langage! how do I get the month in US language please ?

  3. Greg says:
    August 11, 2011 at 8:26 am

    The language of date expansions is governed by the Language & Text system preferences. Under the Formats tab, set the Region to United States or United Kingdom, depending on which flavor of English you prefer.

  4. ArtCroky says:
    August 11, 2011 at 8:35 am

    Thanks for clarification Greg !

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