lyx_mirror/lib/scripts/date.py

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#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*-
# file date.py
# This file is part of LyX, the document processor.
# Licence details can be found in the file COPYING.
# \author Enrico Forestieri
# Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS.
# Print the system date and time in the given format. See the python
# documentation for available formats (mostly the same as the POSIX std).
# This file is provided because the date command on Windows is not
# POSIX compliant.
import sys
from time import strftime
def main(argv):
if len(argv) > 2:
sys.stderr.write('Usage: python date.py [<format>]\n')
sys.exit(1)
if len(argv) == 2:
format = argv[1]
else:
format = "%d-%m-%Y"
print strftime(format)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main(sys.argv)