# Generate Zettelkasten ID (timestamp) inline shortcut

**URL:** <https://forum.obsidian.md/t/generate-zettelkasten-id-timestamp-inline-shortcut/8591>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Created:** [November 15, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/generate-zettelkasten-id-timestamp-inline-shortcut/8591 "2020-11-15T14:10:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![argentum](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/argentum/32/7733_2.png) [@argentum](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/argentum)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/generate-zettelkasten-id-timestamp-inline-shortcut/8591/4 "2020-12-02T17:26:10Z")

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I added something that might work for this in the nldates plugin a little while back:

> [@Keyboard shortcuts to enter current date/time](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/keyboard-shortcuts-to-enter-current-date-time/110/38):
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> The natural language date plugin already supports this starting on [v0.3.0](https://github.com/argenos/nldates-obsidian#commands-and-hotkeys).

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