r3.timestamp(1)

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version 8.4.2 · 8 versions
, in fedora 44

💖 r3.timestamp — the manual page, bestie edition 💖

okay so this is r3.timestamp from the GRASS GIS User's Manual — it's a little tool that pokes at timestamps on 3D raster maps. Print it, add it, yeet it. That's the whole vibe. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

r3.timestamp — modifies a timestamp for a 3D raster map. 💅

Print/add/remove a timestamp for a 3D raster map. no cap, that's literally it.

🏷️ KEYWORDS 🏷️

raster3d, metadata, timestamp, time, voxel

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

r3.timestamp
r3.timestamp --help
r3.timestamp map=name  [date=timestamp]   [--help]  [--verbose]
[--quiet]  [--ui]

🚩 Flags:

  • --help — prints the usage summary, aka the "wait what does this do again" button 🫶
  • --verbose — verbose module output, she's chatty 💬
  • --quiet — quiet module output, she's mysterious 🤫
  • --ui — force launches the GUI dialog, for the girlies who like clicking 👑

🧸 Parameters:

  • map=name [required] — name of the 3D raster map. you gotta tell her which one, she's not a mind reader 🙈
  • date=timestamp — datetime, datetime1/datetime2, or none. that's a single moment, a range, or a full-on "delete it" 🦋

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

This command has 2 modes of operation and it's giving duality, honestly:

  • If you don't hand it a date argument, it prints the current timestamp for the 3D raster map. like, "hey bestie, what time is it" ✨
  • If you do pass a date argument, it sets the timestamp for the 3D raster map to the date(s) you specified. glow-up complete 💅

See the examples below, they explain it way better than I can fr fr.

Also see the TIMESTAMP FORMAT description for details. 👀

📝 NOTES 📝

  • Strings with spaces in them? quote them. the spaces would otherwise get lost and she'd be confused 😭
  • Want a range of time? the two timestamps get separated by a forward slash /. it's giving "from here / to here" 🌸
  • Want to remove the timestamp from a 3D raster map entirely? use date=none. gone. deleted. not me crying 🫶

🧚 EXAMPLES 🧚

Prints the timestamp for the "soils" 3D raster map. If there is no timestamp for soils, nothing is printed — silence, iconic. If there is a timestamp, one or two lines get printed, depending on whether the timestamp for the map is a single date or two dates (ie start and end dates). 🍓

r3.timestamp map=soils

one single date, as a treat

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

r3.timestamp map=soils date=’15 sep 1987’

start date AND end date, main character energy

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

r3.timestamp map=soils date=’15 sep 1987/20 feb 1988’

okay now with the clock times, fancy

Sets the timestamp for "soils" to have the start date "18 feb 2005 10:30:00" and the end date "20 jul 2007 20:30:00".

r3.timestamp map=soils date=’18 feb 2005 10:30:00/20 jul 2007 20:30:00’

and now we remove it 💀

Removes the timestamp for the "soils" 3D raster map.

r3.timestamp map=soils date=none

😭 KNOWN ISSUES 😭

Spaces in the timestamp value are required. yes, required. yes, even though it feels like they shouldn't be. that's just how she is. periodt.

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

r3.info, r.timestamp, v.timestamp

👑 AUTHORS 👑

  • Michael Pelizzari
  • Lockheed Martin Space Systems
  • based on r.timestamp by Michael Shapiro,
  • U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

💾 SOURCE CODE 💾

Available at: r3.timestamp source code (history)

Accessed: Saturday Jan 17 05:41:16 2026

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okay that's the whole page bestie 🫶 this came to you straight from GRASS 8.4.2, accessed Saturday Jan 17 05:41:16 2026, and it lives at r3.timestamp(1) in the manual. go timestamp something. slay. 💖✨🎀

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