Insert date and time stamps in Sublime Text 2

timestamp.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

from datetime import datetime
import sublime_plugin


class TimestampCommand(sublime_plugin.EventListener):
    """Expand `isoD`, `now`, `datetime`, `utcnow`, `utcdatetime`, 
       `date` and `time`
    """
    def on_query_completions(self, view, prefix, locations):
        if prefix in ('isoD', 'now', 'datetime'):
            val = datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%M-%dT%H:%M:%S')
        elif prefix in ('utcnow', 'utcdatetime'):
            val = datetime.utcnow().strftime('%Y-%M-%dT%H:%M:%S')
        elif prefix == 'date':
            val = datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%M-%d')
        elif prefix == 'time':
            val = datetime.now().strftime('%H:%M:%S')
        else:
            val = None

        return [(prefix, prefix, val)] if val else []


# another version from: http://www.sublimetext.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=28232&sid=7379fd02389130bbd305363e4f4e7444#p28232

import datetime
import sublime_plugin

class InsertTimestampCommand(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):
  def run(self, edit):
    #generate the timestamp
    timestamp_str = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%d.%m.%Y %H:%M")

    #for region in the selection
    #(i.e. if you have multiple regions selected,
    # insert the timestamp in all of them)
    for r in self.view.sel():
      #put in the timestamp
      #(if text is selected, it'll be
      # replaced in an intuitive fashion)
      if r.size() > 0:
        self.view.replace(edit, r, timestamp_str)
      else:
        self.view.insert(edit, r.begin(), timestamp_str)