Re: Insert date and Time

[Tim Visher <tim.visher@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 3:29 AM, Tugello <kompy01@yahoo.it> wrote:
> good morning to all,I'm newbie with emacs
> my question is about how to insert current date and time, using a short key
> combination instead to write they completely .
> someone ave any suggestion ?
> thanks in advance

I use this function to insert a time stamp at point:

    (defun insert-time-stamp ()
      "Inserts a time stamp 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM AM/PM'"
      (interactive)
      (insert (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d - %I:%M %p")))

I just call that via `M-x insert-time-stamp` unless a higher level
function calls it.  You could call it with a short cut though with
something like

    (global-set-key (kbd "<f12>") 'insert-time-stamp)

if you wanted.

You'll need to evaluate those in your scratch buffer to get them in
the current emacs session.  Paste them in and then `M-x eval-buffer`.

If you want them in all emacs sessions, put them in your .emacs file.
`C-h r m Init File RET`.  Also, [Yegge's .emacs
file](http://steve.yegge.googlepages.com/my-dot-emacs-file) is worth a
read.

Hope that helps.

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