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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