Re: [Orgmode] Emacs/Org-mode question

[Brian van den Broek]

Markus Heller said unto the world at 31/07/09 05:39 PM:
> Hello all,
>
> this might be a typical beginner question ...
>
> I often use the sequence
>
> C-. <Ret> C-- :
>
> to create this:
>
> - <2009-07-31 Fri>:
>
> where the date is today's date.
>
> I'm sure there's a way to create a command for this, but I have no idea 
> how.  I'd like to bind this sequence to something like C-c t or similar.
>
> How do I do this?
>
> Thanks and Cheers
> Markus

Hi Markus,

I have the following in my .emacs:

(defun date ()
  (interactive "*")
    (insert (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d %T" (current-time))))
(global-set-key [f11] 'date)

This will at least get you started. See the documentation for 
format-time-string to season as suits.

Best,

Brian vdB