Re: using header data in document

[Emanuel Berg]

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!

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