Specifically, I'd love to be able to hit something like command = (as in filemaker) to enter the current date and time. This could make it very easy to track time....

[Lucas]

try "now"

the manual section on setting start dates and due dates has some other text shortcuts.

[brianogilvie]

As Lucas said, "now" works in date fields (start, due, completed, next review). In other fields you can use the "Insert time stamp" commands (Edit > Insert Time Stamp), which gives you five options. I'm running the 1.1 sneakypeek so I don't know whether those commands are in 1.0.x.

[whpalmer4]

Originally Posted by WriteMac

Specifically, I'd love to be able to hit something like command = (as in filemaker) to enter the current date and time. This could make it very easy to track time....

Are you looking to enter the current date and time in a date/time field (start, due, completed) or in a text field (notes, action name)? Lucas' suggestion works for the former; for the latter, see Edit->Insert Time Stamp... which has a number of variants, all with keyboard shortcuts. Cmd-| is my favorite of the bunch for time/date stamping project notes.

[sussdorff]

Ever since upgrading to 1.5 final the quick entry of dates does not work anymore. Anyone else experiencing this?

None of the shortcuts work anymore, regardless if I hit enter or tab after entering the shortcut.

[curt.clifton]

No issues here. Can you give a specific example of exactly what you're typing and where? Maybe we're using different keypresses. Also, are you using a non-English localization?

[sussdorff]

Hey Curt, the reason is very simple... My version is German (I did not realize that, yes this sounds funny, but being bilingual you sometimes don't notice) and I tried "1d" for "1 day" instead of "1t" for "1 Tag". After I had this sudden realization all works as promised.

Very smart doing it this way, btw. I am sure a lot of developers would have missed that one (language sensitive keyboard entries).

Cheers
Malte