(Archived) Suggestion: Date Stamping

[stuball 12]

In all (any) version of Evernote: I would like to see the ability to add the current date (and/or time) using a short-cut or edit bar selection. Ideally, the date format would be user definable. This would allow a note to be used for journaling, capturing points during phone conversations, etc. (record time or date sensitive points). A further extension of this might be to have a selectable date "field" provided adjacent to a todo box "todo on or before".

A still further alternative (iPad and iPhone) would be to integrate with the TextExpander app.

[SimonF 5]

I agree. Timestamping should be a standard feature.

As a workaround, I use a small AutoHotKey (http://www.autohotkey.com/) script that does the trick. I wrote this for another software I use that does not have any timestamping but since it's system wide, I found myself using it in EN.

IfWinActive ahk_class ConsoleWindowClass
^V::
SendInput {Raw}%clipboard%
return
#IfWinActive

$F12::
;~ $F2::
{ 
FormatTime, xx,, yyyyMMdd HHmm
SendInput, %xx% %A_UserName%:{Space} 
} 
Return

The output will be

20110416 2102 UserName:

My 2 cents...

Simon

[gazumped 12,222]

I was also looking for this until I read a comment elsewhere in the forum - try + ";" (without the quotes) - typical output - as of right now - 17/04/2011 11:22

Gaz

[stuball 12]

Great stuff, thanks. All I need now is to find a way to do the same on the iPad and iPhone.