Motion - Conversion Specifiers
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Conversion Specifiers for Advanced Filename and Text Features

The table below shows all the supported Conversion Specifiers you can use in the options text_event, text_left, text_right, sql_query, snapshot_filename, jpeg_filename, ffmpeg_filename, timelapse_filename, on_event_start, on_event_end, on_picture_save, on_movie_start, on_movie_end, and on_motion_detected.

In text_left and text_right you can additionally use '\n' for new line.

Conversion Specifier DescriptionSorted ascending
%s The number of seconds since the Epoch, i.e., since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC.
%V The ISO 8601:1988 week number of the current year as a decimal number, range 01 to 53, where week 1 is the first week that has at least 4 days in the current year, and with Monday as the first day of the week. See also %U and %W.
%p Either 'AM' or 'PM' according to the given time value, or the corresponding strings for the current locale. Noon is treated as `pm' and midnight as `am'.
%F Equivalent to %Y-%m-%d (the ISO 8601 date format).
%v Event number. An event is a series of motion detections happening with less than 'gap' seconds between them.
%f File name - used in the on_picture_save, on_movie_start, on_movie_end, and sql_query features.
%n Filetype as used in the on_picture_save, on_movie_start, on_movie_end, and sql_query features.
%J Height of the rectangle containing the motion pixels (the rectangle that is shown on the image when locate is on).
%P Like %p but in lowercase: `am' or `pm' or a corresponding string for the current locale.
%E Modifier: use alternative format, see below.
%N Noise level.
%Q Number of detected labels found by the despeckle feature
%D Number of pixels detected as Motion. If labelling is enabled the number is the number of pixels in the largest labelled motion area.
%q Picture frame number within current second. For jpeg filenames this should always be included in the filename if you save more then 1 picture per second to ensure unique filenames. It is not needed in filenames for mpegs.
%C Text defined by the text_event feature
%b The abbreviated month name according to the current locale.
%a The abbreviated weekday name according to the current locale.
%d The day of the month as a decimal number (range 01 to 31).
%w The day of the week as a decimal, range 0 to 6, Sunday being 0. See also %u.
%u The day of the week as a decimal, range 1 to 7, Monday being 1. See also %w.
%j The day of the year as a decimal number (range 001 to 366).
%B The full month name according to the current locale.
%A The full weekday name according to the current locale.
%l The hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number (range 1 to 12); single digits are preceded by a blank. (See also %I.)
%k The hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number (range 0 to 23); single digits are preceded by a blank. (See also %H.)
%I The hour as a decimal number using a 12-hour clock (range 01 to 12).
%H The hour as a decimal number using a 24-hour clock (range 00 to 23).
%M The minute as a decimal number (range 00 to 59).
%m The month as a decimal number (range 01 to 12).
%c The preferred date and time representation for the current locale.
%x The preferred date representation for the current locale without the time.
%X The preferred time representation for the current locale without the date.
%S The second as a decimal number (range 00 to 61).
%R The time in 24-hour notation (%H:%M).
%T The time in 24-hour notation (%H:%M:%S).
%r The time in a.m. or p.m. notation.
%Z The time zone or name or abbreviation.
%z The time-zone as hour offset from GMT.
%W The week number of the current year as a decimal number, range 00 to 53, starting with the first Monday as the first day of week 01.
%U The week number of the current year as a decimal number, range 00 to 53, starting with the first Sunday as the first day of week 01. See also %V and %W.
%Y The year as a decimal number including the century.
%y The year as a decimal number without a century (range 00 to 99).
%t Thread number (camera number)
%o Threshold. The number of detected pixels required to trigger motion. When threshold_tune is 'on' this can be used to show the current tuned value of threshold.
%i Width of the rectangle containing the motion pixels (the rectangle that is shown on the image when locate is on).
%K X coordinate in pixels of the center point of motion. Origin is upper left corner.
%L Y coordinate in pixels of the center point of motion. Origin is upper left corner and number is positive moving downwards (I may change this soon).

-- KennethLavrsen - 12 Dec 2005
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