The LaTeX Package scrtime#

The scrtime package is a spin-off of KOMA-Script and was part of that collection up to version 3.49.2 of scrtime and KOMA-Script. It was separated from KOMA-Script because it tended to be overlooked within the collection and works very well on its own.

scrtime is a LaTeX package that provides a way to output the current time of the LaTeX run in the document. This can be useful for drafts, for example.

The package is hosted on Codeberg. For more information, see the CTAN catalog entry.

Usage#

The package is loaded as usual using:

\usepackage[<options>]{scrtime}

Here, <options> stands for one or more of the options listed under “Options”. Specifying <options> is optional. You can also omit [<options>] entirely. As a special feature, the package can also be loaded multiple times with different options, in which case the last settings take precedence.

Options#

24h

The 24h option displays the time in 24-hour format. The hours are thus counted from 0 to 23. This is the default setting. The option is therefore only needed to undo a previous change.

12h

In contrast, 12h uses the 12-hour format. The a.m. hours are thus counted from 0 to 11, followed by noon at 12 and the p.m. hours from 1 to 11. Note, that there isn’t a suffix for the ante meridiem or post meridiem hours.

In addition to setting the options directly when loading the package, as described under “Usage”, you can also set them using a command:

\scrtimesetup{<options>}

Displaying and Setting the Time#

\thistime[<separator>]

This command displays the current time in hours and minutes, with minutes under 10 displayed with a leading zero, for example 9:09. Without the optional argument [<separator>], a colon is placed between the hours and minutes. This can be replaced with any character using the optional argument. For example, you can use

\thistime[‘]’\mbox{}'

to produce the output 9'09". Please also note the effects of \settime on the optional separator.

\thistime*[<separator>]

The asterisk form \thistime* differs from the variant without an asterisk only in that minutes less than 10 are not prefixed with a leading zero.

\settime{<time>}

This command sets the output of the current time to exactly the value passed as an argument. As a result, the optional <separator> of the \thistime command no longer has any effect. At the same time, the asterisk form and the normal form of \thistime are then no longer different.