The %ICUDateTime%, %ICUDateTimePlus%, %ICUDateTimeMinus% and %ICUDateTimeFor% tokens return the a date formatted in a specific format. More details are provided in the Dates and Times article.
The parameters are specified between % signs after the main ICDDateTime token.
%ICUDateTime%EEE, MMM d, yyyy h:mm% ⇢ Mon, Jan 2, 2023 11:17
where:
The available time units for %ICUDateTimePlus% and %ICUDateTimeMinus% are:
For example, if today is Tuesday, September 5, 2017, you would get these results:
| Token | Result |
|---|---|
| %ICUDateTimePlus%0%Tuesdays%EEE, MMM d, yyyy% %ICUDateTimePlus%1%Tuesdays%EEE, MMM d, yyyy% %ICUDateTimePlus%2%Tuesdays%EEE, MMM d, yyyy% %ICUDateTimePlus%0%Wednesdays%EEE, MMM d, yyyy% %ICUDateTimePlus%1%Wednesdays%EEE, MMM d, yyyy% %ICUDateTimePlus%2%Wednesdays%EEE, MMM d, yyyy% %ICUDateTimePlus%0%Mondays%EEE, MMM d, yyyy% %ICUDateTimePlus%1%Mondays%EEE, MMM d, yyyy% %ICUDateTimePlus%2%Mondays%EEE, MMM d, yyyy% %ICUDateTimeMinus%0%Tuesdays%EEE, MMM d, yyyy% %ICUDateTimeMinus%1%Tuesdays%EEE, MMM d, yyyy% %ICUDateTimeMinus%2%Tuesdays%EEE, MMM d, yyyy% %ICUDateTimeMinus%0%Wednesdays%EEE, MMM d, yyyy% %ICUDateTimeMinus%1%Wednesdays%EEE, MMM d, yyyy% %ICUDateTimeMinus%2%Wednesdays%EEE, MMM d, yyyy% %ICUDateTimeMinus%0%Mondays%EEE, MMM d, yyyy% %ICUDateTimeMinus%1%Mondays%EEE, MMM d, yyyy% %ICUDateTimeMinus%2%Mondays%EEE, MMM d, yyyy% | Tue, Sep 5, 2017 Tue, Sep 12, 2017 Tue, Sep 19, 2017 Wed, Sep 6, 2017 Wed, Sep 6, 2017 Wed, Sep 13, 2017 Mon, Sep 11, 2017 Mon, Sep 11, 2017 Mon, Sep 18, 2017 Tue, Sep 5, 2017 Tue, Aug 29, 2017 Tue, Aug 22, 2017 Wed, Aug 30, 2017 Wed, Aug 30, 2017 Wed, Aug 23, 2017 Mon, Sep 4, 2017 Mon, Sep 4, 2017 Mon, Aug 28, 2017 |
Note how Plus 0 and Plus 1 are the same unless today is the same as the weekday. Also note that Plus 0 and Minus 0 is not the same (except when today is the same as the weekday).
The format is a specified with an ICU Date Time Format Specifier which allows you to produce the date in almost any format you desire.
You can use the Insert ICU Date Field menu in the Edit menu to insert various ICU Date Field format tokens. The Insert ICU Date Field by Name… menu item may be particularly helpful to quickly insert field components.
Keep in mind that unixtime is in GMT and the output of ICUDateTimeFor is in local time, so when doing this sort of thing it is best to use midday instead of midnight:
%ICUDateTimeFor% TIME(2015, 8, 23,12,0,0) %EEE, MMM d, yyyy%
which will generally work anywhere since at midday GMT, the entire world (almost) is on the same date. Otherwise, folks with negative GMT offsets (which includes all of the Americas for example) will get the wrong result.
You can use any calculation in the numeric parameters, like the [amount of time] and [unit of time] fields.
The text-only parameters must be plain text, and be a valid choice for that parameter.
Examples
%ICUDateTimePlus%3%Days%MM/dd/yyyy% %ICUDateTimePlus%myAmountOfTime%Days%yyyyMMdd% %ICUDateTimePlus%myBaseNumber + 3%Months%yyyy-MM-dd%
Also See
Prior to Mojave, and after Keyboard Maestro 9.0, dates should be in your chosen language. Unfortunately Apple changed Mojave and later to make the system return dates only in the Keyboard Maestro localized language (ie, English), regardless of your chosen locale. Keyboard Maestro 9.0 works around this by claiming to be in all locales, even though it is really only localized for English itself.