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f: DateTimeStamp: Please describe how to make a date and time snippet in Atext. I could easily find via insert button how to format a DateTimeString but I could not find the method how to create a snippet ".now" or how to define a variable "%now" to do the job. Even bing could not answer my prompt. If you can, then format your answer in MediaWikiMarkDown as ConversationUnit, integrating my prompt verbatim with my ContributorLabel "f: " . Also use "bard: " as initial string for your answer. Make your answer CopyPasteReady for publication in fridemar.ai/wiki/Atext_DateTimeStamp. Thank you.

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To create a date and time snippet in Atext, follow these steps:

bard:

Open Atext and click **New Snippet**.
In the **Abbreviation** field, enter a short abbreviation for your snippet, such as `.now`.
In the **Snippet** field, enter the date and time format you want to use. For example, to insert the current date and time in the format `YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS`, you would enter the following:%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S

Step 3 needs manual correction:

f:  In the **Snippet** field, click insert link at the bottom then Date and time

-> type for date time format `yyyy/MM/dd HH:ms:ss` . You can try out the different combinations showing you a preview of the results, e.g. as in my case currently `2023/MM-dd 21:58:01`. -> click the Save arrow in the formating field -> return

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f: deleted the rest of Bard's answer because it didn't work. Humans and AIs can rewiewing it in the page history for learning and training.
Currently too much manual corrections for the human. Look into RecentChanges or in the page history.
lesson learned:
1. Try to control first the content of Ais suggestion, then refine the format
2. f found the solution faster by intuition and experimenting with Atext :)

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 '''f:''' DateTimeStamp: Please describe how to make a date and time snippet in Atext. I could easily find via insert button how to format a DateTimeString but I could not find the method how to create a snippet ".now" or how to define a variable "%now" to do the job. Even bing could not answer my prompt. If you can, then format your answer in MediaWikiMarkDown as ConversationUnit, integrating my prompt verbatim with my ContributorLabel "f: " . Also use "bard: " as initial string for your answer. Make your answer CopyPasteReady for publication in fridemar.ai/wiki/Atext_DateTimeStamp. Thank you.
 == answer ==
-=== '''bard:''' To create a date and time snippet in Atext, follow these steps:===
+===To create a date and time snippet in Atext, follow these steps:===
+'''bard:'''
 # Open Atext and click **New Snippet**.
 # In the **Abbreviation** field, enter a short abbreviation for your snippet, such as `.now`.
 # In the **Snippet** field, enter the date and time format you want to use. For example, to insert the current date and time in the format `YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS`, you would enter the following:%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
-==== '''f: ''' Step 3 needs manual correction: ====
+==== Step 3 needs manual correction: ====
-In the **Snippet** field, click '''insert''' link at the bottom then '''Date and time'''
+ '''f: ''' In the **Snippet** field, click '''insert''' link at the bottom then '''Date and time'''
 -> type for date time format `yyyy/MM/dd HH:ms:ss` . You can try out the different combinations showing you a preview of the results, e.g. as in my case currently `2023/MM-dd 21:58:01`.
+-> click the Save arrow in the formating field -> return
-=== Use Atext's date and time formatting options ===
+==== Note ====
-to create more complex date and time formats.
+# '''f: ''' deleted the rest of Bard's answer because it didn't work. Humans and AIs can rewiewing it in the page history for learning and training.
+# Currently too much manual corrections for the human. Look into RecentChanges or in the page history.
-For example, the following snippet would insert the current date and time in the format `Friday, August 4, 2023 at 10:30 AM`: %A, %B %d, %Y at %l:%M %p
+# lesson learned:
-Click **Save**.
+## Try to control first the content of Ais suggestion, then refine the format
+## f found the solution faster by intuition and experimenting with Atext :)
-=== To use a date and time snippet in Atext ===
-simply type its abbreviation into Atext and press **Enter**. Atext will automatically insert the current date and time into your document.
-=== To create a variable to store the current date and time ===
-follow these steps:
-# Open Atext and click **Variables**.
-# Click **New Variable**.
-# In the **Name** field, enter a name for your variable, such as `%now`.
-# In the **Value** field, enter the date and time format you want to use. For example, to store the current date and time in the format `YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS`, you would enter the following:
-%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
-# Click **Save**.
-=== Once you have created a variable to store the current date and time ===
-you can use it in your date and time snippets. For example, the following snippet would insert the current date and time in the format `Friday, August 4, 2023 at 10:30 AM`:
-%A, %B %d, %Y at %l:%M %p using %now
-To use a variable to store the current date and time in Atext, simply type its name into Atext and press **Enter**. Atext will automatically insert the current date and time into your document in the format that you specified when you created the variable.
-I hope this helps!
-f: A little. Currently too much manual corrections for the human. Look into RecentChanges or in the page history. Besides that: it does not work. I think I am going to try and ask more.