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insertdatetime

Installation Instructions

  1. Copy the insertdatetime directory to the plugins directory of TinyMCE (/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins).
  2. Add plugin to TinyMCE plugin option list example: plugins : "insertdatetime".
  3. Add the insertdate or inserttime button name to button list, example: theme_advanced_buttons3_add : "insertdate,inserttime".

Initialization Example

tinyMCE.init({
  theme : "advanced",
  mode : "textareas",
  plugins : "insertdatetime",
  theme_advanced_buttons3_add : "insertdate,inserttime",
  plugin_insertdate_dateFormat : "%Y-%m-%d",
  plugin_insertdate_timeFormat : "%H:%M:%S"
});

Plugin options

Name Summary
plugin_insertdate_dateFormat Format that the date is output as. Defaults to: "%Y-%m-%d".
plugin_insertdate_timeFormat Format that the time is output as. Defaults to: "%H:%M:%S".

Replacement variables

Name Summary
%D mm/dd/yy (same as %m/%d/%y)
%r 12-hour clock time hh:mm:ss with AM or PM (same as %I:%M:%S %p)
%y year as a decimal number without a century (range 00 to 99)
%Y year as a decimal number including the century
%m month as a decimal number (range 01 to 12)
%B full localised month name (e.g. "January")
%b abbreviated localised month name (e.g. "Jan")
%d day of the month as a decimal number (range 01 to 31)
%A full localised weekday name (e.g. "Monday")
%a abbreviated localised weekday name (e.g. "Mon")
%H hour as a decimal number using a 24-hour clock (range 00 to 23)
%I hour as a decimal number using a 12-hour clock (range 01 to 12)
%M minute as a decimal number (range 00-59)
%S second as a decimal number (range 00-59)
%p either "am" or "pm" according to the given time value
%% a literal "%" character

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