Recently, I converted to using ISO-8601 formatted dates as much as possible, e.g. 2020-06-12
. As a meme, I hope this catches on. Dates written this way are internationally recognizable, no confusion over mm/dd/yy
or dd/mm/yy
. They are sortable. And, when used consistently, they are easy to search; no worries about case sensitivity, or Jun/June spellings. Don’t take my word for it, though. Randall Munroe agrees. So does GitLab.
Here's how to create a keyboard shortcut to insert the current date formatted as ISO-8601.
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Launch Automator, and create a new Service.
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This particular service receives no input.
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Drag in Run AppleScript to the service.