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!

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