Add support for custom timestamp format in history

ohmyzsh · Apr 26, 2018 · 7f29de4 · 7f29de4
1 parent 9cd3701
commit 7f29de4
Show file tree

Hide file tree

Showing 2 changed files with 14 additions and 7 deletions.
diff --git a/lib/history.zsh b/lib/history.zsh
@@ -19,12 +19,16 @@ function omz_history {
 }
 
 # Timestamp format
-case $HIST_STAMPS in
-  "mm/dd/yyyy") alias history='omz_history -f' ;;
-  "dd.mm.yyyy") alias history='omz_history -E' ;;
-  "yyyy-mm-dd") alias history='omz_history -i' ;;
-  *) alias history='omz_history' ;;
-esac
+if [ ! -z "$HIST_STAMPS" ]; then
+  case $HIST_STAMPS in
+    "mm/dd/yyyy") alias history='omz_history -f' ;;
+    "dd.mm.yyyy") alias history='omz_history -E' ;;
+    "yyyy-mm-dd") alias history='omz_history -i' ;;
+    *) alias history='omz_history -t "$HIST_STAMPS"' ;;
+  esac
+else
+  alias history='omz_history'
+fi
 
 ## History file configuration
 [ -z "$HISTFILE" ] && HISTFILE="$HOME/.zsh_history"

diff --git a/templates/zshrc.zsh-template b/templates/zshrc.zsh-template
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ ZSH_THEME="robbyrussell"
 
 # Uncomment the following line if you want to change the command execution time
 # stamp shown in the history command output.
-# The optional three formats: "mm/dd/yyyy"|"dd.mm.yyyy"|"yyyy-mm-dd"
+# You can set one of the optional three formats:
+# "mm/dd/yyyy"|"dd.mm.yyyy"|"yyyy-mm-dd"
+# or set a custom format using the strftime function format specifications,
+# see 'man strftime' for details.
 # HIST_STAMPS="mm/dd/yyyy"
 
 # Would you like to use another custom folder than $ZSH/custom?