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markdown-timestamp: Document the syntax in /help pages. 

We add a separate page to advertise this feature for communities
with people in multiple timezones.
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Rohitt Vashishtha 2020-05-21 14:12:27 +05:30 committed by Tim Abbott
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@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ to allow you to easily format your messages.
* [Emoji and emoticons](#emoji-and-emoticons)
* [Mentions](#mentions)
* [Status messages](#status-messages)
* [Mention a time](#mention-a-time)
* [Tables](#tables)
* [Paragraphs and lines](#paragraphs-and-lines)
@ -206,6 +207,28 @@ Silent mention: @_**Polonius** (@_ instead of @)
![](/static/images/help/markdown-status.png)
## Mention a time
When collaborating with people in another timezone, you often need to
express a specific time clearly. Rather than typing out your timezone
and having everyone translate the time in their heads, in Zulip, you
can mention a time, and it'll be displayed to each user in their own
timezone (just like the timestamps on Zulip messages).
A date picker will appear once you type `!time`.
```
Our next meeting is scheduled for !time(2020-05-28T13:30:00+05:30)
```
A person in San Francisco will see:
> Our next meeting is scheduled for *Thu, May 28 2020, 1:00 AM*.
While someone in India will see:
> Our next meeting is scheduled for *Thu, May 28 2020, 1:30 PM*.
## Tables
The initial pipes (`|`) are optional if every entry in the first column is non-empty.