From: "B. T. Raven" <nihil@nihilo.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Inserting date
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:38:10 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2N6dnfxCVbmGnjfUnZ2dnUVZ_sDinZ2d@sysmatrix.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <mailman.2121.1235875820.31690.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Armando Martins wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Can you tell me how can I insert the today's date in a text file,
> please? (something like fields in traditional word processors).
>
> Thanks
> Armando Martins
>
>
If you evaluate this:
(global-set-key "\C-cid" (lambda() (interactive) (insert
(format-time-string "%a %Y-%m-%d - %l:%M %p"))))
then you can use that key combo to insert day date - time. Strip out
some of the formating specs if you don't need them or change their order
if you like.
Ed
next parent reply other threads:[~2009-03-01 3:38 UTC|newest]
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2009-03-01 3:38 ` B. T. Raven [this message]
2009-03-01 6:18 ` Inserting date Drew Adams
2009-03-02 20:17 ` Ken Goldman
2009-03-01 2:50 Armando Martins
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