Merging only @onaforeignshore's new date segment from #533.

README.md

@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ The segments that are currently available are:
 * [`background_jobs`](#background_jobs) - Indicator for background jobs.
 * [`battery`](#battery) - Current battery status.
 * [`context`](#context) - Your username and host, conditionalized based on $USER and SSH status.
+* [`date`](#date) - System date.
 * [`dir`](#dir) - Your current working directory.
 * `dir_writable` - Displays a lock icon, if you do not have write permissions on the current folder.
 * [`disk_usage`](#disk_usage) - Disk usage of your current partition.
@@ -330,6 +331,14 @@ end of the hostname.
 |`POWERLEVEL9K_ALWAYS_SHOW_USER`|false|Always show the username, but conditionalize the hostname.|
 |`POWERLEVEL9K_CONTEXT_TEMPLATE`|%n@%m|Default context prompt (username@machine). Refer to the [ZSH Documentation](http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Doc/Release/Prompt-Expansion.html) for all possible expansions, including deeper host depths.|
 
+##### date
+
+The `date` segment shows the current system date.
+
+| Variable | Default Value | Description |
+|----------|---------------|-------------|
+|`POWERLEVEL9K_DATE_FORMAT`|`%D{%d.%m.%y}`|[ZSH time format](http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Doc/Release/Prompt-Expansion.html) to use in this segment.|
+
 ##### dir
 
 The `dir` segment shows the current working directory. When using the "Awesome
@@ -383,7 +392,7 @@ The `truncate_with_package_name` strategy gives your directory path relative to
 }
 ```
 
-the path shown would be `my-cool-project`.  If you navigate to `$HOME/projects/my-project/src`, then the path shown would be `my-cool-project/src`.  Please note that this currently looks for `.git` directory to determine the root of the project.
+The path shown would be `my-cool-project`.  If you navigate to `$HOME/projects/my-project/src`, then the path shown would be `my-cool-project/src`.  Please note that this currently looks for `.git` directory to determine the root of the project.
 
 If you want to customize the directory separator, you could set:
 ```zsh
@@ -399,7 +408,6 @@ You can also customize the leading tilde character when you are in `$HOME` using
 POWERLEVEL9K_HOME_FOLDER_ABBREVIATION="%F{red} $(print_icon 'HOME_ICON') %F{black}"
 ```
 
-
 ##### disk_usage
 
 The `disk_usage` segment will show the usage level of the partition that your current working directory resides in. It can be configured with the following variables.
@@ -502,6 +510,7 @@ segment, as well:
 # Output time, date, and a symbol from the "Awesome Powerline Font" set
 POWERLEVEL9K_TIME_FORMAT="%D{%H:%M:%S \uE868  %d.%m.%y}"
 ```
+
 ##### vcs
 
 By default, the `vcs` segment will provide quite a bit of information. Further

functions/icons.zsh

@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ case $POWERLEVEL9K_MODE in
       LOCK_ICON                      $'\UE138'              # 
       EXECUTION_TIME_ICON            $'\UE89C'              # 
       SSH_ICON                       '(ssh)'
+      DATE_ICON                      $'\uE184'              # 
+      TIME_ICON                      $'\uE12E'              # 
     )
   ;;
   'awesome-fontconfig')
@@ -152,6 +154,8 @@ case $POWERLEVEL9K_MODE in
       LOCK_ICON                      $'\UE138'              # 
       EXECUTION_TIME_ICON            $'\uF253'
       SSH_ICON                       '(ssh)'
+      DATE_ICON                      $'\uF073 '             # 
+      TIME_ICON                      $'\uF017 '             # 
     )
   ;;
   'nerdfont-complete'|'nerdfont-fontconfig')
@@ -220,6 +224,8 @@ case $POWERLEVEL9K_MODE in
       LOCK_ICON                      $'\UF023'              #  
       EXECUTION_TIME_ICON            $'\uF252'              #  
       SSH_ICON                       $'\uF489'              #  
+      DATE_ICON                      $'\uF073 '             # 
+      TIME_ICON                      $'\uF017 '             # 
     )
   ;;
   *)
@@ -288,6 +294,8 @@ case $POWERLEVEL9K_MODE in
       LOCK_ICON                      $'\UE0A2'
       EXECUTION_TIME_ICON            'Dur'
       SSH_ICON                       '(ssh)'
+      DATE_ICON                      $''                    #
+      TIME_ICON                      $''                    #
     )
   ;;
 esac

powerlevel9k.zsh-theme

@@ -1130,6 +1130,16 @@ build_test_stats() {
   (( ratio < 50 )) && "$1_prompt_segment" "$2_BAD" "$3" "red" "$DEFAULT_COLOR" "$headline: $ratio%%" "$6"
 }
 
+# System date
+prompt_date() {
+  local date_format "%D{%d.%m.%y}"
+  if [[ -n "$POWERLEVEL9K_DATE_FORMAT" ]]; then
+    date_format="$POWERLEVEL9K_DATE_FORMAT"
+  fi
+
+  "$1_prompt_segment" "$0" "$2" "$DEFAULT_COLOR_INVERTED" "$DEFAULT_COLOR" "${date_format}" "DATE_ICON"
+}
+
 # System time
 prompt_time() {
   local time_format="%D{%H:%M:%S}"
@@ -1137,7 +1147,7 @@ prompt_time() {
     time_format="$POWERLEVEL9K_TIME_FORMAT"
   fi
 
-  "$1_prompt_segment" "$0" "$2" "$DEFAULT_COLOR_INVERTED" "$DEFAULT_COLOR" "$time_format"
+  "$1_prompt_segment" "$0" "$2" "$DEFAULT_COLOR_INVERTED" "$DEFAULT_COLOR" "$time_format" "TIME_ICON"
 }
 
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