Hi What I use is the result of format-time-string (as explained in the Org Capture Templates help; check also the help for the format-time-string function).
The string I use is: %<%Y%m%d-T%H%M%S> It gives me, for example, 20210304-T095526. If you don't want the hour just remove "-T%H%M%S" Best, Alberto Uwe Brauer <o...@mat.ucm.es> writes: > Hi > > I try to add a new entry to my org-capture-templates > for mails what I read via gnus. I'd like to have a timestamp that > reflects when the message was received, not when the entry was created > (for that I would to have to use %t) > > Now I have set > > "| | %:fromname|%:fromaddress|%^{Sheet|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9} | %:date > |[ ] | | %a " :prepend t) > > Using the description of the org-capture-template > > ------------------------+------------------------------------------------------ > gnus | %:from %:fromname %:fromaddress > | %:to %:toname %:toaddress > | %:fromto (either "to NAME" or "from NAME") > | %:date %:date-timestamp (as active timestamp) > | %:date-timestamp-inactive (as inactive timestamp) > gnus | %:group, for messages also all email fields > > The problem is this results in > > | Number | name | email | sheet | date > | status | > | | John Doe | foot...@gmail.com | 2 | Tue, 2 Mar 2021 19:35:03 > +0100 | [ ] | > > I don't need the hour, and for sure I don't need +0100 > > Any idea how to shorten that? > > regards > > Uwe Brauer