diff --git a/bin/sh/parser.c b/bin/sh/parser.c
index 121c367c601..8e959b46596 100644
--- a/bin/sh/parser.c
+++ b/bin/sh/parser.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ static char sccsid[] = "@(#)parser.c	8.7 (Berkeley) 5/16/95";
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <time.h>
 
 #include "shell.h"
 #include "parser.h"
@@ -2100,6 +2101,49 @@ getprompt(void *unused __unused)
 			}
 			break;
 
+		/*
+		 * Print the current time as per provided strftime format.
+		 */
+		case 'D': {
+			char tfmt[128] = "%X"; /* \D{} means %X. */
+			struct tm *now;
+
+			if (fmt[1] != '{') {
+				/*
+				 * "\D" but not "\D{", so treat the '\'
+				 * literally and rewind fmt to treat 'D'
+				 * literally next iteration.
+				 */
+				ps[i] = '\\';
+				fmt--;
+				break;
+			}
+			fmt += 2; /* Consume "D{". */
+			if (fmt[0] != '}') {
+				char *end;
+
+				end = memccpy(tfmt, fmt, '}', sizeof(tfmt));
+				if (end == NULL) {
+					/*
+					 * Format too long or no '}', so
+					 * ignore "\D{" altogether.
+					 * The loop will do i++, but nothing
+					 * was written to ps, so do i-- here.
+					 * Rewind fmt for similar reason.
+					 */
+					i--;
+					fmt--;
+					break;
+				}
+				*--end = '\0'; /* Ignore the copy of '}'. */
+				fmt += end - tfmt;
+			}
+			now = localtime(&(time_t){time(NULL)});
+			i += strftime(&ps[i], PROMPTLEN - i - 1, tfmt, now);
+			i--; /* The loop will do i++. */
+			break;
+		}
+
 		/*
 		 * Hostname.
 		 *
diff --git a/bin/sh/sh.1 b/bin/sh/sh.1
index fb3afc7d3d4..adbc3282704 100644
--- a/bin/sh/sh.1
+++ b/bin/sh/sh.1
@@ -1427,6 +1427,16 @@ unless you are the superuser, in which case it defaults to
 may include any of the following formatting sequences,
 which are replaced by the given information:
 .Bl -tag -width indent
+.It Li \eD{format}
+The current time in
+.Xr strftime 3
+.Ar format .
+The braces are required.
+Empty
+.Ar format
+is equivalent to
+\&%X,
+national representation of the time.
 .It Li \eH
 This system's fully-qualified hostname (FQDN).
 .It Li \eh