How can I show a time/date stamp in the prompt?

I am recording (using diary) some work in MATLAB and I want to see when each command was executed. Is there a way to change the prompt (similar to the unix prompt) to show date/time?

Ideally it would look like this

3/15/2012 4:00 pm>> 1
ans =
     1
3/15/2012 4:01 pm>> _

Thanks!

Answer 1

[Oleg Komarov]

http://undocumentedmatlab.com/blog/setprompt-setting-matlab-desktop-prompt/

Has link to FEX submission.

EDIT

setPrompt([datestr(now,'mm/dd/yyyy HH:MM PM') ' >> '])

To make it "permanent" place it in the startup.m file.

[Alex Feinman]

Thanks! direct link to FEX for others: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/26471