* how to insert a timestamp?
@ 2004-01-06 21:12 '
2004-01-06 21:16 ` Benjamin Rutt
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From: ' @ 2004-01-06 21:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
How can I insert a string representing the current time/date at the
point? It is for timestamping entries in a diary/log.
Adam
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* Re: how to insert a timestamp?
2004-01-06 21:12 how to insert a timestamp? '
@ 2004-01-06 21:16 ` Benjamin Rutt
2004-01-08 7:43 ` '
2004-01-07 6:14 ` WANG Wei
2004-01-07 12:59 ` Bruce Ingalls
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From: Benjamin Rutt @ 2004-01-06 21:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
ack94598@yahoo.com (') writes:
> How can I insert a string representing the current time/date at the
> point? It is for timestamping entries in a diary/log.
I use:
(insert (format-time-string "%a %b %e, %Y %l:%M %p"))
which gives (ATM): Tue Jan 6, 2004 4:15 PM
There are a zillion other ways to do it. See C-h f
format-time-string.
--
Benjamin
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* Re: how to insert a timestamp?
2004-01-06 21:12 how to insert a timestamp? '
2004-01-06 21:16 ` Benjamin Rutt
@ 2004-01-07 6:14 ` WANG Wei
2004-01-07 12:59 ` Bruce Ingalls
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From: WANG Wei @ 2004-01-07 6:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
try
(insert-string (current-time-string))
> ack94598@yahoo.com (') writes:
> How can I insert a string representing the current time/date at the
> point? It is for timestamping entries in a diary/log.
>
> Adam
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* Re: how to insert a timestamp?
2004-01-06 21:12 how to insert a timestamp? '
2004-01-06 21:16 ` Benjamin Rutt
2004-01-07 6:14 ` WANG Wei
@ 2004-01-07 12:59 ` Bruce Ingalls
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From: Bruce Ingalls @ 2004-01-07 12:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
> How can I insert a string representing the current time/date at the
> point? It is for timestamping entries in a diary/log.
> Adam
Alternately, try
(add-change-log-entry nil buffer-file-name)
replacing buffer-file-name with the actual file name
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* Re: how to insert a timestamp?
2004-01-06 21:16 ` Benjamin Rutt
@ 2004-01-08 7:43 ` '
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From: ' @ 2004-01-08 7:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
Thanks for your help! I had never actually written an Emacs Lisp
function before, but with this handy link:
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs-lisp-intro/html_node/index.html
I was able to quickly produce the following:
(defun timestamp ()
"Insert timestamp at point."
(interactive)
(insert (format-time-string "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z")))
(global-set-key [f5] 'timestamp)
I love it! Emacs rocks!
Adam
Benjamin Rutt <brutt+news@bloomington.in.us> wrote in message news:<wc365ford5w.fsf@mu.cis.ohio-state.edu>...
> ack94598@yahoo.com (') writes:
>
> > How can I insert a string representing the current time/date at the
> > point? It is for timestamping entries in a diary/log.
>
> I use:
>
> (insert (format-time-string "%a %b %e, %Y %l:%M %p"))
>
> which gives (ATM): Tue Jan 6, 2004 4:15 PM
>
> There are a zillion other ways to do it. See C-h f
> format-time-string.
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