Watching YouTube occasionally pays off - someone covering something else entirely mentioned a Chrome add-in called Text Blaze which inserted a standard paragraph into a document. I've been a Phrase Express user for years which does exactly that; but if you might be in the market for a way to add standard date formats / page layouts / pre-saved paragraphs and other variables into a note, Text Blaze is worth a look...
The main thing which impressed me was the point-and-click ease with which new snips are set up - I defined a date format with a couple of clicks, which is way easier than P