--timestamp customization (format string like in UNIX date or GNU date)

[porg]

Feature Request

• When using the --timestamp option it would be great if one could customize the format.
• Ideally a well known/supported syntax, such as the one of the date utility.
• If you'd implement it, I propose the following:
  • --timestampalone uses the default timestamp format
  • --timestamp <format-string> uses the custom date/time-stamp, e.g.
  • --timestamp '+%Y-%d-%m %H:%M:%S'
  • --timestamp plus argument --rfc-email or --rfc-3339=FMT anywhere else in command line to use these standardized date/time-stamp-formats (as in gnudate)

[porg]

Any plans for implementation?

[svenssonaxel]

Perhaps it's sufficient to simplify parsing with #44 and then use post processing to get the format you want. This makes the user more flexible, as any tool can be used for formatting, and also it is possibly implemented with less formatting logic.