Small collections of tricky hacks.
Insert date- and timestamp
:nnoremap <F5> "=strftime("%c")<CR>P
:inoremap <F5> <C-R>=strftime("%c")<CR>
:iab <expr> DTS strftime("%c")
The first line is for the Normal mode. It places the time stamp in a register and pastes it
at the cursor position when pressing F5
.
The second line is for the Insert mode (again on hitting F5
)
and the third line generates an expression
that replaces the characters "DTS" to a timestamp.
The selection of that expression is probably not the best idea,
because while typing this text, I got the timestamp instead of the three letters D, T, S.
Source: Insert current date or time