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Created April 3, 2023 00:14
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Applescript to make a keyboard shortcut to insert today's timestamp
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Insert Current Date as YYYY-MM-DD.applescript
on run {input, parameters}
set {year:y, month:m, day:d} to (current date)
set mStr to (m as integer) as string
if (m as number) < 10 then set mStr to "0" & mStr
set dStr to (d as integer) as string
if (d as number) < 10 then set dStr to "0" & dStr
set customDateTime to y & "-" & mStr & "-" & dStr
return customDateTime as string
end run
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smcllns commented Apr 3, 2023

  1. Open Automator on macOS
  2. Create new Quick Action
  3. Use the above code
  4. [some more steps to creating a keyboard shortcut to run that Quick Action - need to look up again]

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