> Uwe Brauer writes: Uwe> Sorry, you misunderstood me, this time string, inserts the time string, Uwe> when I execute the capture, but I want to extract the time string, when Uwe> the message was received. This is why I used Uwe> %:date Uwe> in my first attempt, that works but inserts Uwe> Tue, 2 Mar 2021 19:35:03 +0100 Uwe> Which I find way too long. Uwe> Just Uwe> Tue, 2 Mar 2021 Uwe> Would be fine or 02.03.2021 Uwe> But not the hour, seconds etc > Capture templates allow inclusion of an arbitrary elisp expression with > %(EXP). You could try defining an elisp function which accepts %:date as > an argument (i.e. a string arg) and formats it using normal elisp date/time functions and > returns the result as a string and then call that function within your > template? Ah, ok now I see I will give it a try at the weekend.