Eric S Fraga wrote: >> {{{date()}}} works as does {{{date(%D)}}} in >> a sense, only the format string doesn't seem to >> influence the output, which is "September 16, >> 2020". > > The documentation that you have in your post says > that this works only if the actual date given in > the #+DATE directive is a single timestamp. So, > what did you specify there?
I tried {{{date()}}} {{{date(%D)}}} {{{date(%F)}}} all produced "September 16, 2020". > And, in practice, I actually use > {{{modification-time(FORMAT)}}}. In both of these > cases, you need to specify the format. Yes, {{{modification-time(%F)}}} works! Thanks! -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 https://dataswamp.org/~incal