chronos.nvim

⌛️ Cycle through date formats with ease ⏳

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Features

• 3 different date formats (more to come)
• Cycles through current date formats in place (looking to implement time)
• Continue typing when you settle on a date

Installation

With Packer:

use {
    'adrianvalenz/chronos.nvim',
}

With Vim Plug:

Plug 'adrianvalenz/chronos.nvim'

With Lazy.vim:

-- init.lua:
{
    'adrianvalenz/chronos.nvim',
}

-- plugins/chronos.lua:
return {
    'adrianvalenz/chronos.nvim',
}

How to use

Just hit <C-t> repeatedly (while in insert mode) until you come across a date you like.

Configuration

No real configuration. A keymap that calls the function to cycle through the time.

To override, place something like this in your keymaps.lua or where ever you keep your mappings:

# This changed the keymap to <C-o> and enables it in normal mode
vim.keymap.set("n", "<C-o>", "<Cmd>lua cycle_date_format()<CR>", { noremap = true })

Why this plugin?

I use BridgetownRB for most of my sites and when it comes time to create a new article I create each file prefixed with the Extended Date Format (YYYY-MM-DD) followed by the name of the article and the extension. (YYYY-MM-DD-slug-goes-here.EXT)

I found it cumbersome to type out the date manually whenever I needed to create a new article or input a date. I hate to say even though markdown files is my favorite way to blog due to using Neovim, having to type out the date this way or even look up the current day on my calendar was a bit of a deterrent and broke my workflow.

They say developers are lazy so they automate things right? Well this is the solution to my own problem and I hope it helps others as well. I found it really nice to use when creating changelogs too!