Aha.. I am using a custom postamble for html: (setq org-html-postamble t) ; default value = 'auto (setq org-html-postamble-format `(("en" ,(concat "Exported using " ;; "%c" is replaced with `org-html-creator-string' ;; Emacs <VERSION> (Org mode <VERSION>) "<div style=\"display: inline\" class=\"creator\">" "%c</div> " "by %e. — " "<div style=\"display: inline\" class=\"date\">" "%d</div>"))))
So it looks like "%d" returns an empty string if #+DATE: is omitted altogether; but if org-html-postamble is 'auto, today's date is entered if #+DATE: is omitted. -- Kaushal Modi On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 10:20 AM, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 10:01:42AM -0400, Kaushal wrote: > > @Fabrice Thanks for sharing your examples! > > > > @Suvayu I tried removing #+DATE: line.. but with that I don't see the > date > > stamp in html exports. The advantage of {{{time(FORMAT)}}} is that I can > > also control the formatting of the date-time stamp. > > I just tested it, I get the following at the end of the exported html > document: > > <div id="postamble" class="status"> > <p class="author">Author: Suvayu Ali</p> > <p class="date">Created: 2015-08-07 Fri 16:14</p> > <p class="validation"><a href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=referer > ">Validate</a></p> > > I don't know any html, were you expecting something else? About the > format, take a look at org-time-stamp-custom-formats and > org-time-stamp-formats; eventhough they are for timestamps in the > document, maybe they honour the document creation timestamp. > > -- > Suvayu > > Open source is the future. It sets us free. > >