Re: [Orgmode] [OT] lisp func to write timestamp to buffer

[Nick Dokos]

Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hello list,
> 
> Org uses a timestamp format like the following across all its functionality:
> 
> [2009-10-29 Thu 17:14]
> 
> I would like to be able to ouput this string whenever I'd like to a buffer, 
> with the current timestamp, this is useful for example to timestamp notes
> inside an org file arbitrarily:
> 
> * [2009-10-29 Thu 17:14
>  Bla Bla Bla
> 
> How could I do that? I searched for such function with apropos but couldn't 
> find anything that fits.
> 

Assuming you are in an org buffer

C-u C-c ! <RET>

will insert an inactive time stamp (including the current time - that's the 
prefix argument):

     [2009-10-29 Thu 22:34]

Similarly

C-u C-c . <RET>

will insert an active time stamp:

     <2009-10-29 Thu 22:35>


The functions bound to C-c ! and C-c . are org-time-stamp-inactive and 
org-time-stamp
respectively. BTW, both are in the drop-down Org menu: Org/Dates and 
Scheduling/...

Is this what you are looking for? 

Nick