speeddating.vim
Take the following date:
1999-12-31
Because Vim treats the hyphen as a negative sign, pressing <C-A> on the 31
would normally increment it to
1999-12-30
Compare this with what happens when speeddating.vim is installed:
2000-01-01
Pressing 5<C-X> on the 03 in the first line below transforms it into the
second:
Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:03 +0000
Fri, 31 Dec 1999 23:59:58 +0000
Several date, time, and datetime formats are included. Additional formats can
be defined in a strftime-like syntax with the :SpeedDatingFormat command.
Existing Vim semantics are preserved. <C-A> and <C-X> accept a count, and
plain number incrementing is used if no date format is matched.
Use of <C-A>/<C-X> in visual mode enables incrementing several lines at
once. Blank spots are filled by incrementing the match from the previous
line, allowing for creation of sequences (1, 2, 3; 2000-10-30, 2000-10-31,
2000-11-01).
It can also increment roman numerals and ordinals (1st, 2nd, 3rd, ...). In visual mode, letters of the alphabet are supported.
d<C-X> sets the timestamp under the cursor to the current time. d<C-A>
does the same, but uses UTC rather than the local time.
The . command will work as expected if you install
repeat.vim.
Installation
Install using your favorite package manager, or use Vim's built-in package support:
mkdir -p ~/.vim/pack/tpope/start
cd ~/.vim/pack/tpope/start
git clone https://tpope.io/vim/speeddating.git
vim -u NONE -c "helptags speeddating/doc" -c q
Contributing
See the contribution guidelines for pathogen.vim.
Self-Promotion
Like speeddating.vim? Follow the repository on GitHub and vote for it on vim.org. And if you're feeling especially charitable, follow tpope on Twitter and GitHub.
License
Copyright © Tim Pope. Distributed under the same terms as Vim itself.
See :help license.