PosixDate

Posix Date function

This function reads a POSIX timestamp (seconds since epoch) and inserts a date string. Add this function to your key_commands.lua.

function ()
        local text = buffer:get_sel_text()
        local pos, time, date
        if #text>0 then
                date = " "..os.date("%c",tonumber(text))
                pos = buffer:word_end_position(buffer.current_pos,true)
        else
                date = os.date()
                pos = buffer.current_pos
        end
        buffer:insert_text(pos, date)
        buffer:goto_pos(pos+#date)
end