Variable: display-time-help-echo-format

display-time-help-echo-format is a customizable variable defined in time.el.gz.

Value

"%a %b %e, %Y"

Documentation

Format for the help echo when hovering over the time in the mode line.

Use the function customize-variable to choose a common format, and/or see the function format-time-string for an explanation of the syntax.

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 31.1.

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 31.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/time.el.gz
(defcustom display-time-help-echo-format "%a %b %e, %Y"
  "Format for the help echo when hovering over the time in the mode line.
Use the function `customize-variable' to choose a common format, and/or
see the function `format-time-string' for an explanation of the syntax."
  :version "31.1"
  :type `(choice
          ,@(mapcar #'(lambda (fmt)
                        (list 'const
                              ':tag (format-time-string fmt 0 "UTC") fmt))
                    '("%a %b %e, %Y" "%F (%a)" "%a %D"))
          (string :tag "Format string")))