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Why not just use Notepad in Windows and hit F5 Time/Date at need? 9:54 AM 3/21/2025 That said, this sort of thing has me wishing for something like to Service
by WillAdams 2y ago
Why not just use Notepad in Windows and hit F5 Time/Date at need?
9:54 AM 3/21/2025
That said, this sort of thing has me wishing for something like to Services support in Windows where that could be implemented as a Service by Notepad and then used in any context where text input is acceptable.
- jdiff 2y agoThe additional metadata like tags, and the overall streamlining of the workflow. Yes, most things can be taped together with a little effort, but if this is something that vibes very well with you, then this is a substantial incremental improvement.
- dole 2y agoI use AutoHotkey's text replacement to drop different date formats. Typing "]ts" in an input replaces it with 03/21/2025 10:10:48 ::]ts::{ Send(FormatTime(,"MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss")) Return } Beware the syntax differences between Autohotkey 1 and 2 when searching documentation
- mmh0000 2y agoPlease take this as your official notice that you use dates completely wrong and the world thinks you are a terrible person. If you would like to be a good person, please correct your horrific use of dates immediately Medium/Small/Big Big:Medium:Small - No! Bad American! Big-Medium-Small Big:Medium:Small—Yes! You're now ISO 8601 compliant! TL;DR: Send(FormatTime(,"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"))
- dole 2y agoThat's why I use AHK for my favorite timestamps like 20250321102123, I prefer year first as well but when in Rome.
- radlad 2y agoISO 8601 is a great standard when you need interoperability (e.g. between machines/servers, or between humans in different locales) or the ability to sort by timestamp. For personal note taking, or notes to be shared locally, it makes sense to use your local locale's format.
- UltraSane 2y agoyyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss
- gohberg 2y agoThere is no F5 key on iphones :) I couldn't find any simple apple-notes-like app, that is available on all platforms, and allows logging in this style. my private version of this app has cross-device sync, it's just not fully baked yet since I need to implement some form of signup (google/apple), and there's also the privacy issue people are concerned about which I'm not sure how to address.
- WillAdams 2y agoPoint! If you could make a way to share a note attached to a specific name, it would work very nicely for one usage which needs timestamping I've been working on (which is why I had the F5 thing at the ready), tracking how long it takes to cut a given file on a CNC, then sharing that result.
- gohberg 2y agoyou mean sharing a note externally with someone over the internet? I could probably do something like that, based on URL-encoding, but it will have a limit of approx ~ 2000 characters
- WillAdams 2y agoYes. Having the note encoded in the URL would be a great way to share that.
- gohberg 2y agoadded a share option in the note editor, let me know what you think
- WillAdams 2y agoThanks! I'll start using it for sharing times of Carbide Motion files. EDIT: One last feature request --- add an option/UI where a beginning time allotment could be entered (say 60 minutes for a 1 hr. meeting) and the time would be counted down for each entry? and then then time over shown once the allotment was used up? This would seem to match the typical usage of managing notes for a meeting. For bonus points, add in a way to add hourly rates so that the on-going cost of the meeting will show up? (though maybe that's too cluttered).