diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/options.rst b/DOCS/man/en/options.rst
index e1134ef864..8ed9ba8066 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/options.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/options.rst
@@ -1880,6 +1880,29 @@
             numbers would be more intuitive, but are not easily implementable
             because container formats usually use time stamps for identifying
             frames.)
+    ``%w{X}``
+        Specify the current playback time using the format string ``X``. The
+        nested time format string is contained within ``{`` and ``}``.
+        ``%p`` is like ``%w{%H:%M:%S}``, and ``%P`` is like ``%w{%H:%M:%S.%T}``.
+
+        Valid format specifiers:
+            ``%H``
+                hour (padded with 0 to two digits)
+            ``%h``
+                hour (not padded)
+            ``%M``
+                minutes (00-59)
+            ``%m``
+                total minutes (includes hours, unlike ``%M``)
+            ``%S``
+                seconds (00-59)
+            ``%s``
+                total seconds (includes hours and minutes)
+            ``%f``
+                like ``%s``, but as float
+            ``%T``
+                milliseconds (000-999)
+
     ``%tX``
         Specify the current local date/time using the format ``X``. This format
         specifier uses the UNIX ``strftime()`` function internally, and inserts
diff --git a/mpvcore/screenshot.c b/mpvcore/screenshot.c
index b7697e913b..0afa88182b 100644
--- a/mpvcore/screenshot.c
+++ b/mpvcore/screenshot.c
@@ -186,6 +186,23 @@ static char *create_fname(struct MPContext *mpctx, char *template,
             talloc_free(t);
             break;
         }
+        case 'w': {
+            if (template[0] != '{')
+                goto error_exit;
+            template++;
+            char *end = strchr(template, '}');
+            if (!end)
+                goto error_exit;
+            char *fmt = talloc_strndup(res, template, end - template);
+            char *s = mp_format_time_fmt(fmt, get_current_time(mpctx));
+            if (!s)
+                goto error_exit;
+            append_filename(&res, s);
+            talloc_free(s);
+            talloc_free(fmt);
+            template = end + 1;
+            break;
+        }
         case 't': {
             char tfmt = *template;
             if (!tfmt)