Help with MM/DD/YYYY HH-MM-SS Shortcut

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Help with MM/DD/YYYY HH-MM-SS Shortcut

I am trying to find a way to type something like "thedate" and have it fill in as the exact time I am typing it. I have pieced together this:

set theDate to ((current date) as string)'s quoted form
# strftime man page: https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=strftime&sektion=3
set iso8601fmt to (do shell script "date -j +\"%F %X\"") as text
tell application "System Events" to theDate

But to be frank, I have no idea exactly what I have done other than having it display the correct thing when I press the run button. Can someone help me turn this into a keyboard shortcut that runs when I type "thedate"? Whether that be adjusting the code, changing settings in settings, or both :) Thank you in advance

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 13.6

Posted on Oct 20, 2024 7:17 PM

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Oct 21, 2024 3:45 AM in response to gmirabi

Simplifying the code:

use scripting additions

display dialog ((current date) as «class isot») as string

Instead of display dialog, you could:

set iso8601fmt to ((current date) as «class isot») as string

Under what circumstances do you want to see this iso8601 date string? One could create a macOS Shortcut with an unused keyboard shortcut that could pop a dialog window displaying this iso8601 format.

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