Question

I am looking at logs with Vim. Frequently I need to compare with the current date/time.
Each time I have exit the editor to look at the clock and return.
Is there some way to configure Vim to have the server date/time always visible?

Answer 1

Status line with current date and time:

set rulerformat=%55(%{strftime('%a\ %b\ %e\ %I:%M\ %p')}\ %5l,%-6(%c%V%)\ %P%)

Source

And interestingly, the time gets updated whenever there is an activity !