Re: Insert time in Org-mode

[Spenser Truex <usenet@spensertruex.com>]

Daniele Nicolodi <daniele@grinta.net> writes:

> 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.
>

This worked, I must have simply neglected to use the prefix.

Thank you
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