[Orgmode] Re: Emacs/Org-mode question

[Markus Heller]

Brian van den Broek wrote:
> 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
>
>
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Thanks Brian,

this got me started.  The code in my .emacs looks like this for me now:

(defun org-date ()
  (interactive "*")
    (insert (format-time-string "- <%Y-%m-%d %a>: ")))
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c d") 'org-date)


Cheerio
M