DateAutomations

DateAutomations includes a number of commands for inserting date/time values into your NotePlan notes

Commands

/dp - Date Picker - Choose format/date from Command Bar

TRY THIS FIRST! Choose from a variety of date/time formats from a menu. This also shows you in parentheses the dateStyle and timeStyle to yield this result (which you could enter into your Template plugin date defaults). This is also a good way to see what you want some of your settings to be. Note: uses locale from settings as a base and provides lots of variations

/ldn - Link Daily Note

e.g. [[2022-04-16]] Create a link to the daily Calendar Note and insert it at the cursor

/now - Insert date and time at cursor

e.g. 6/19/2021 06:55:22 Note: uses dateStyle, timeStyle, locale from settings; run /dp command to see your options

/now - ISO-8601 standard -- Insert ISO-8601 date+time at cursor

e.g. 2021-08-06 17:20 Note: does not use any settings. If you want another format, use /formatted command and setting.

/date - Insert Date at cursor

e.g. 6/19/2021 Note: uses locale in plugin settings; run /dp command to see your options

/time - Insert time at cursor

e.g. 06:55:22 Note: uses timeStyle, locale, use12hour from settings; run /dp command to see your options

/iso - Insert ISO date/time at cursor

e.g. 6/19/2021T18:55:46.101Z (date/time is in GMT)

/formatted - Insert custom formatted (format) date/time

e.g. 2021-08-14 10:30:00 am Note: uses format from settings. See https://www.strfti.me/ for details on the formatting codes

/wd (insertWeekDates)

e.g. Mon 2022-04-11 - Sun 2022-04-17 Note: currently cannot be customized. If you desperately need it to be customizable, let @dwertheimer know in Discord. However, know that you can use the Templating plugin and create a template to insert your custom date.

Notes Regarding Date/Time Formats

• By default, the format of dates and times is "en-US" format.
• By default, the /formatted command uses %Y-%m-%d %I:%M:%S %P (see Templates use below)

Note: You can create your own formats in templates installing the Templating plugin and following the directions

If you install this plugin and run /dp command, you will get some ideas for dateStyle and timeStyle settings

References

The following are some useful references which provide more information about formatting date/time values

Formatting Dates Using strftime for more information about formatting formatted date/time value

Date Time Formats for more choices/details