Adding the current date to a score

Revision as of 23:13, 21 November 2025 by Lemzwerg (talk | contribs) (New category)

With a little Scheme code, the current date can easily be added to a score.

\version "2.24"

\paper { tagline = ##f }

% first, define a variable to hold the formatted date:
date = #(strftime "%d-%m-%Y" (localtime (current-time)))

% use it in the title block:
\header {
  title = "Including the date!"
  subtitle = \date
}

\score {
  \relative c'' {
    c4 c c c
  }
}
% and use it in a \markup block:
\markup {
  \date
}