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To: Markus Heller <hellerm2@gmail.com>
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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