Apple scripts for productivity

typethedate.workflow

on zero_pad(value, string_length)
	set string_zeroes to ""
	set digits_to_pad to string_length - (length of (value as string))
	if digits_to_pad > 0 then
		repeat digits_to_pad times
			set string_zeroes to string_zeroes & "0" as string
		end repeat
	end if
	set padded_value to string_zeroes & value as string
	return padded_value
end zero_pad
on run {input, parameters}
	set d to (current date)
	set yy to text -4 through -1 of (year of d as text)
	set mm to text -2 through -1 of ("0" & (month of d as integer))
	set dd to text -2 through -1 of ("0" & (day of d))
	set hh to zero_pad(hours of d as integer, 2)
	set mm to zero_pad(minutes of d as integer, 2)
	set ss to zero_pad(seconds of d as integer, 2)
	set datestring to yy & mm & dd & "-" & hh & mm & ss & "-"
	
	tell application "System Events"
		keystroke datestring
	end tell
	return datestring
end run

typethedate.workflow is inspired by this post

also, follow this thread to whitelist the script as well as the apps that uses the script

Updated the script with inspiration from Glutexo's gist