How to add timestamp on right hand side of ZSH / iTerm2 terminal prompt?

zsh-timestamp.md

Add the following snippet at the bottom of ~/.zshrc file.

Option 1 - Just time

RPROMPT='[%D{%L:%M:%S}] '$RPROMPT

Option 2 - Date and time

RPROMPT="[%D{%f/%m/%y} | %D{%L:%M:%S}]"

When you are done, run $ source ~/.zshrc to see the effect. If it doesn't work, quit iTerm2 and open it again.

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Resources

• https://bneijt.nl/blog/post/add-a-timestamp-to-your-bash-prompt/

Thanks! It can be used in conjunction with https://stackoverflow.com/a/17915260 so the date stays fresh!

H instead of L for 24 hour time.

nice, thanks!

Cheers!

Great!

Just FYI, this doesn't have anything to do with iTerm2. It has its own timestamp feature that works independently of the shell prompt.

Thanks! and @chrisharrison that's what I want to

Thank you , i added it to Custom Theme (Pi) and it worked also .

Thanks!

RPROMPT="[%D{%m/%f/%y} | %D{%L:%M:%S}]" for the US date format.