Textpattern Support Forum

I found this answer by ruud, so I changed my code to:

<txp:variable name="current_date"><txp:php>echo date('d.m.y', time() + tz_offset());</txp:php></txp:variable>
<txp:variable name="current_time"><txp:php>echo date('H:i', time() + tz_offset());</txp:php></txp:variable>

And it works good,
But it’s from 2007, so is there a cute magic txp-tag for it nowadays, or it is fine?

If you need the time that follows Textpattern’s timezone settings (e.g. TZ offset, DST), you can use Textpattern’s safe_strftime function. Calculating the timezone offset by yourself using tz_offset() and supplying UNIX timestamp isn’t necessary if you use the function.

For instance the following returns the time as set in Textpattern’s preferences:

<txp:php>
	echo safe_strftime('%Y.%m.%d %H:%M:%S');
</txp:php>

You can find all available formatting options from strftime’s documentation.

The following snippet using raw strftime() and Phil’s snippet above (using date and no timestamp) both return server’s raw time and ignore Textpattern’s preferences:

<txp:php>
	echo strftime('%Y.%m.%d %H:%M:%S');
</txp:php>

If your site already uses rah_function plugin for other tasks, it can used to call those functions for you too, providing bit more XML like syntax:

<txp:rah_function 
	call="safe_strftime"
	format="%Y.%m.%d %H:%M:%S"
/>