Re: Insert time in Org-mode

[Daniele Nicolodi <daniele@grinta.net>]

On 25/06/2019 22:54, Spenser Truex wrote:
> "Fraga, Eric" <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:
> 
>> On Tuesday, 25 Jun 2019 at 18:41, gmx wrote:
>>> How to insert the current time? 
>>
>> Easiest immediate way is to insert an inactive time stamp by C-u C-c !
>> RET.
> 
> Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> C-u M-x org-time-stamp
>>
>> will prompt for a date and insert it along with the current time (I
>> bind org-time-stamp to "C-c ." for convenience)
>>
> 
> Strange, my system does not insert the current time, only the date. I
> have to insert the time manually. Same for inactive and active stamps.
> I'm on the latest master versions.

For it to insert the time you need a prefix argument (C-u) to
org-time-stamp, so it should be "C-u C-c ." to add an active time-stamp
and "C-u C-c !" for an inactive one.

Cheers,
Dan