How do I insert current time into a file using vim

Question

I\'m just logging some work as I do it, each line being an action, I will be trying to do this every few minutes. Is there a trick way of inserting date/time something like

Answer 1

See here

Press F5 in normal mode or in insert mode to insert the current datestamp:

:nnoremap  "=strftime("%c")P
:inoremap  =strftime("%c")