Quick Timestamp

Insert the current date and time into your notes with one click, customizable formats, AI conversation stamps, and optional daily-note awareness.

Problem solved: Manually typing timestamps breaks flow. Existing plugins either offer only a single format or focus on lists/frontmatter. Quick Timestamp gives you multiple named formats, clean styling, AI-specific stamps, and a daily-note mode so logging stays frictionless.

Features

• Multiple named formats — Define as many formats as you want. Set a default for the ribbon and main command; use the chooser for any other.
• Prefix, suffix, and markdown styling — Optionally wrap timestamps in bold or code, and prepend/append text (e.g. - or **).
• AI conversation stamps — Dedicated commands and a chooser for prefixes like “Grok:”, “Claude:”, “ChatGPT:”, etc. Each prefix can optionally override the format and separator.
• Daily-note aware insertion — Opens or creates today’s daily note (requires the core Daily Notes plugin) and inserts under an optional heading.
• Ribbon icon + commands:
  • Insert timestamp (default)
  • Insert timestamp (choose format)
  • Insert timestamp in daily note
  • Insert AI conversation stamp (chooser)
  • Insert AI stamp (default prefix)
  • Support the developer
• Works on desktop and mobile
• Lightweight — no network requests

Supported format tokens

The formatter uses Moment.js when available (most Obsidian installs include it) and falls back to simple tokens:

Moment.js formats (e.g. MMMM Do, YYYY, h:mm A) also work.

Installation

From Obsidian Community Plugins (once published)

1. Settings → Community plugins → Browse
2. Search for “Quick Timestamp”
3. Install and enable

Manual installation

1. Download the latest release from GitHub.
2. Copy main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css into your vault under .obsidian/plugins/quick-timestamp/.
3. Reload Obsidian and enable the plugin in Community plugins settings.

Development

This plugin was bootstrapped from the official obsidian-sample-plugin.

npm install
npm run dev

Enable the plugin in a development vault and use the Command Palette “Reload app without saving” for rapid iteration.

Usage

1. Click the clock icon in the ribbon to insert the default timestamp.
2. Use the Command Palette for format choice, daily-note insertion, or AI stamps.
3. Open plugin settings to:
   • Manage named formats and choose a default
   • Set prefix, suffix, and bold/code wrapping
   • Configure daily-note behavior
   • Customize AI prefixes (with optional per-prefix format and separator)
   • Click the Support button

Support

This plugin is free in the official Obsidian Community directory.

If it helps your workflow, you can support ongoing development:

• GitHub Sponsors: https://github.com/sponsors/bzucker4
• Or use the “Support the developer” command / settings button (opens the funding URL from manifest.json)

All current features remain free.

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The AI Work Log Vault is a pre-configured Obsidian vault built around Quick Timestamp: daily log, AI session templates, a prompt library, and Dataview dashboards that show where your AI time goes. Set up in 2 minutes.

License

0BSD — see the LICENSE file. You are free to use, modify, and redistribute the free version.

Built following the official Obsidian plugin toolkit so it can be published to the community directory and used by real people.