Best way to insert timestamp in Vim?
EditPad Lite has a nice feature ( CTRL - E , CTRL - I ) which inserts a time stamp e.g. "2008-09-11 10:34:53" into your code. What is the best way to get this functionality in Vim? (I am using Vim 6.1 on a Linux server via SSH. In the current situation a number of us share a login so I don't want to create abbreviations in the home directory if there is another built-in way to get a timestamp.) http://kenno.wordpress.com/2006/08/03/vim-tip-insert-time-stamp/ Tried it out, it works on my mac: :r! date produces: Thu Sep 11 10:47:30 CEST 2008 This: :r! date "+\%Y-\%m-\%d \%H:\%M:\%S" produces: