Timestamp: Pressing F5 notepad gives time 1st then date. How do I do date 1st then time?

When I open notepad, I can press F5 to give me the time in the format I desire and then the date in the format I desire, where the formats I desire are based on windows settings.

The only thing missing is to have date and time interchanged.

How do I do this please?

1. Well one way is to press F5, press space, press F5 again and then copy/cut/delete as appropriate, but...

2. I'm hoping to have date and time with only 1 (or 2 or 3) button(s).

3. I have a razer mouse, and I can create/import macros, but this seems like a wheel reinvention and kind of a hassle.

4. I discovered autohotkeys and posted an answer below, but I'm hoping for something simpler.

Please suggest something simpler, such as adjusting notepad settings to give me date 1st then time.

1 Answer

Ok so the tags informed me of the existence of AutoHotKeys, so here's an answer:

1. Using notepad, create a file named for example date&time.ahk (save as a '.ahk' file)

2. Here's an example

Put this in the file

(insert desired hotkey)::
FormatTime, DateTimeString,, (insert desired timestamp format)
Send, %DateTimeString%
return

For example

^XButton2::
FormatTime, DateTimeString,, ddd yyyyMMMdd h:mmtt
Send, %DateTimeString%
return

The hotkey is ctrl(the ^)+mouse4(the XButton2), and the output looks like:

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