Action
# Date
Posted by TheChels.uk,
Last update
2 days ago
About
Adds a title with today’s date at the cursor point or at the start of a new draft. The format is
### Day(ordinal) Month Year
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Steps
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script
/* * @title: Add Date Header at Cursor * @author: TheChelsuk * @notes: Inserts current date as a markdown header * at the cursor position */ // Function to get the current date in the desired format function getFormattedDate() { const date = new Date(); const day = date.getDate(); const month = date.toLocaleString('default', { month: 'long' }); const year = date.getFullYear(); // Add ordinal suffix to the day const ordinalSuffix = (day) => { if (day > 3 && day < 21) return 'th'; // Covers 11th to 13th switch (day % 10) { case 1: return 'st'; case 2: return 'nd'; case 3: return 'rd'; default: return 'th'; } }; return `### ${day}${ordinalSuffix(day)} ${month} ${year}`; } // Main script if (draft) { const formattedDate = getFormattedDate(); // Handle empty draft if (!draft.content || draft.content.trim() === '') { draft.content = formattedDate + '\n\n'; } else { const cursorPosition = draft.selectionStart || 0; const beforeCursor = draft.content.slice(0, cursorPosition); const afterCursor = draft.content.slice(cursorPosition); draft.content = `${beforeCursor}${formattedDate}\n\n${afterCursor}`; } draft.update(); } else { context.fail(); }
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