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Replace Text With A TimeStamp - Make A macOS Service W/ AppleScript

I borrowed some work from this guy's page . This short, simple script: do shell script "date +%Y-%m-%d\\ %H:%M:%S\\ %z" will replace whatever text you highlight, with this: 2017-09-13 15:27:41 -700 (That's just an example, of course) I don't want the " 20 " from " 2017 " so I'll change the %Y to %y I don't want dashes I don't want colons I don't want spaces I don't want seconds I don't want zone My script ends up like this: do shell script "date +%y%m%d%H%M" and my replacement output is now: 1709131527 (Optionally, I've created an additional service that includes the seconds, useful for rapid renaming of multiple photos or other files I like to store chronologically/sequentially.) Assign a keyboard shortcut by turning it into a Service in Automator. Open Automator.app Create a New > Service Set it to receive selected text in any application Check the Output replaces...

New job with Robert Half

I began working for Robert Half Salaried Professional Services at the end of August. SPS is RH's consulting staff. In case you wonder, this is Robert Half offering their own staff of salaried, highly technical, and highly experienced employees to businesses that have projects where they need temporary additional staff but not more permanent headcount. So ... it's like temp work where I am still a permanent employee with all the PTO and health benefits and such. I've done this before. I worked for Ajilon on their Information Technology Services team, out in Dallas, TX, at Alcatel and then at Nortel (in Dallas's "Telecom Corridor" along 75N). I really enjoyed that work, particularly at Nortel, and I look forward to doing this work again.