Function Reference
— Built-in Function: val = history_timestamp_format_string ()
— Built-in Function: old_val = history_timestamp_format_string (new_val)

Query or set the internal variable that specifies the format string for the comment line that is written to the history file when Octave exits. The format string is passed to strftime. The default value is

          "# Octave VERSION, %a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y %Z <USER@HOST>"