A Sublime Text 3 plugin to insert the current date and time at the cursor.
To install the plugin, clone this repository to your Sublime Text Packages
directory. The plugin will then be active. There is no need to restart
Sublime.
If you have trouble locating your Packages directory, open Sublime, and in the
menu bar select Preferences then Browse Packages... to open the Packages
directory. Here are the usual locations for each operating system:
Windows
Installed: C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Roaming\Sublime Text 3\Packages
Portable: <path>\Sublime Text 3\Data\Packages
OS X
~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3/Packages
Linux
~/.config/sublime-text-3/Packages/
Delete the directory <path>\Packages\insert-date.
Use the key bindings to insert the current local date or time at the cursor. This will replace any selected text. If there are multiple cursors, the insert is done at the location of the first cursor.
Date: alt+shift+d. Date is formatted YYYY-MM-DD .
Time: alt+shift+t. Time is formatted HH:MM , using the 24 hr clock.
Both the date and the time have a space at the end.
The inserted text remains selected; you will have to manually deselect it to continue typing. This inconvenience will be fixed.
My first Sublime plugin. I wanted a simple way to insert the time or date when I am writing in my journal. The Sublime Package Control website was experiencing an unknown error so I chose to make my own plugin. This tutorial helped me get started.