#meta/api

Useful date and time APIs as well as slash commands by default in YYYY-MM-dd format with times in HH:mm:ss (24h) format.

Included slash commands:

• /today for today's date.
• /tomorrow for tomorrow's date.
• /yesterday for yesterday's date.

Examples

Today: \({date.today()} and \){date.time()}

Implementation

-- priority: 10

local DAY_SECONDS = 60 * 60 * 24

date = {
  date_format = "%Y-%m-%d",
  time_format = "%H:%M:%S",
}

function date.today()
  return os.date(date.date_format)
end

function date.tomorrow()
  return os.date(date.date_format, os.time() + DAY_SECONDS)
end

function date.yesterday()
  return os.date(date.date_format, os.time() - DAY_SECONDS)
end

function date.time()
  return os.date(date.time_format)
end

slashCommand.define {
  name = "today",
  run = function()
    editor.insertAtCursor(date.today())
  end
}

slashCommand.define {
  name = "yesterday",
  run = function()
    editor.insertAtCursor(date.yesterday())
  end
}

slashCommand.define {
  name = "tomorrow",
  run = function()
    editor.insertAtCursor(date.tomorrow())
  end
}