lib/scripts/date.py

   1 #!/usr/bin/env python
   2 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
   3
   4 # file date.py
   5 # This file is part of LyX, the document processor.
   6 # Licence details can be found in the file COPYING.
   7
   8 # \author Enrico Forestieri
   9
  10 # Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS.
  11
  12 # Print the system date and time in the given format. See the python
  13 # documentation for available formats (mostly the same as the POSIX std).
  14 # This file is provided because the date command on Windows is not
  15 # POSIX compliant.
  16
  17 import sys
  18 from time import strftime
  19
  20 def main(argv):
  21     if len(argv) > 2:
  22         sys.stderr.write('Usage: python date.py [<format>]\n')
  23         sys.exit(1)
  24
  25     if len(argv) == 2:
  26         format = argv[1]
  27     else:
  28         format = "%d-%m-%Y"
  29
  30     print strftime(format)
  31
  32 if __name__ == "__main__":
  33     main(sys.argv)