RE: Inserting date

[Drew Adams]

> > Can you tell me how can I insert the today's date in a text file,
> > please? (something like fields in traditional word processors).
> 
> (global-set-key "\C-cid" (lambda() (interactive) (insert 
> (format-time-string "%a %Y-%m-%d - %l:%M %p"))))
> 
> then you can use that key combo to insert day date - time. Strip out 
> some of the formating specs if you don't need them or change 
> their order if you like.

These might help too (just some Emacs wiki search results for "insert date"):

http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/InsertingTodaysDate
http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/InsertAnyDate
http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/InsertDate