## DESCRIPTION

This command has 2 modes of operation. If no date argument is supplied, then the current timestamp for the vector map is printed. If a date argument is specified, then the timestamp for the vector map is set to the specified date(s). See examples below.

See TIMESTAMP FORMAT description for details.

## NOTES

Strings containing spaces should be quoted. For specifying a range of time, the two timestamps should be separated by a forward slash. To remove the timestamp from a vector map, use date=none.

## EXAMPLES

Prints the timestamp for the "lidar" vector map. If there is no timestamp for "lidar", nothing is printed. If there is a timestamp, one or two time strings are printed, depending on if the timestamp for the map consists of a single date or two dates (ie start and end dates).

    v.timestamp map=lidar

Sets the timestamp for "lidar" to the single date "15 sep 1987".

    v.timestamp map=lidar date='15 sep 1987'

Sets the timestamp for "lidar" to have the start date "15 sep 1987" and the end date "20 feb 1988".

    v.timestamp map=lidar date='15 sep 1987/20 feb 1988'

Removes the timestamp for the "lidar" vector map.

    v.timestamp map=lidar date=none

## KNOWN ISSUES

Spaces in the timestamp value are required.

## SEE ALSO

v.info, r.timestamp, r3.timestamp

## AUTHOR

Michael Shapiro, U.S.Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

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