put the manual in its own doc block

docs/v2/manual.md

@@ -1150,6 +1150,43 @@ The default version flag (`-v/--version`) is defined as `cli.VersionFlag`, which
 is checked by the cli internals in order to print the `App.Version` via
 `cli.VersionPrinter` and break execution.
 
+### Timestamp Flag
+
+Using the timestamp flag is simple, You can look at time.Parse to get layout examples : https://golang.org/pkg/time/#example_Parse 
+
+<!-- {
+  "args": ["&#45;&#45;meeting", "2019-08-12T15:04:05"],
+  "output": "\"2019-08-12 15:04:05 +0000 UTC\""
+} -->
+``` go
+package main
+
+import (
+  "fmt"
+  "log"
+  "os"
+
+  "github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
+)
+
+func main() {
+  app := &cli.App{
+    Flags: []cli.Flag {
+      &cli.TimestampFlag{Name: "meeting", Layout: "2006-01-02T15:04:05"},
+    },
+    Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
+      fmt.Printf("%#v",c.Timestamp("meeting").String())
+      return nil
+    },
+  }
+
+  err := app.Run(os.Args)
+  if err != nil {
+    log.Fatal(err)
+  }
+}
+```
+
 #### Customization
 
 The default flag may be customized to something other than `-v/--version` by

go.mod

@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ go 1.11
 require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1
 	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0-20190314233015-f79a8a8ca69d
+	github.com/urfave/gfmrun v1.2.14 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2
 )

go.sum

@@ -2,12 +2,24 @@ github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1 h1:WXkYYl6Yr3qBf1K79EBnL4mak0OimBfB0XUf9Vl28OQ
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
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 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0-20190314233015-f79a8a8ca69d/go.mod h1:maD7wRr/U5Z6m/iR4s+kqSMx2CaBsrgA7czyZG/E6dU=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.1 h1:mweAR1A6xJ3oS2pRaGiHgQ4OO8tzTaLawm8vnODuwDk=
+github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.1/go.mod h1:T0+1ngSBFLxvqU3pZ+m/2kptfBszLMUkC4ZK/EgS/cQ=
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+github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.4.2 h1:SPIRibHv4MatM3XXNO2BJeFLZwZ2LvZgfQ5+UNI2im4=
+github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.4.2/go.mod h1:tLMulIdttU9McNUspp0xgXVQah82FyeX6MwdIuYE2rE=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.1/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
+github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:SE9GqnLQmjVa0iPEY0f1w3ygNIYcIJ0OKPMoW2caLfQ=
+github.com/urfave/gfmrun v1.2.14 h1:z8u4ikt3fWAAdMeeKjx/wX4AyFkNNLYcjaRQOUZ2FJk=
+github.com/urfave/gfmrun v1.2.14/go.mod h1:ojqta1nGJf8QmY7bNdi2Q+9FjcvDosUokI6eiWrkDWg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190422165155-953cdadca894 h1:Cz4ceDQGXuKRnVBDTS23GTn/pU5OE2C0WrNTOYK1Uuc=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190422165155-953cdadca894/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
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