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+local core = require "core"
+local config = require "core.config"
+local command = require "core.command"
+
+--[[
+Date and time format placeholders
+from https://www.lua.org/pil/22.1.html
+%a	abbreviated weekday name (e.g., Wed)
+%A	full weekday name (e.g., Wednesday)
+%b	abbreviated month name (e.g., Sep)
+%B	full month name (e.g., September)
+%c	date and time (e.g., 09/16/98 23:48:10)
+%d	day of the month (16) [01-31]
+%H	hour, using a 24-hour clock (23) [00-23]
+%I	hour, using a 12-hour clock (11) [01-12]
+%M	minute (48) [00-59]
+%m	month (09) [01-12]
+%p	either "am" or "pm" (pm)
+%S	second (10) [00-61]
+%w	weekday (3) [0-6 = Sunday-Saturday]
+%x	date (e.g., 09/16/98)
+%X	time (e.g., 23:48:10)
+%Y	full year (1998)
+%y	two-digit year (98) [00-99]
+%%	the character `%´
+--]]
+config.datetimestamps_format_datestamp = "%Y%m%d"
+config.datetimestamps_format_datetimestamp = "%Y%m%d_%H%M%S"
+config.datetimestamps_format_timestamp = "%H%M%S"
+
+local function datestamp()
+
+  local sOut = os.date(config.datetimestamps_format_datestamp)
+
+  core.active_view.doc:text_input(sOut)
+
+end
+
+local function datetimestamp()
+
+  local sOut = os.date(config.datetimestamps_format_datetimestamp)
+
+  core.active_view.doc:text_input(sOut)
+
+end
+
+local function timestamp()
+
+  local sOut = os.date(config.datetimestamps_format_timestamp)
+
+  core.active_view.doc:text_input(sOut)
+
+end
+
+command.add("core.docview", {
+  ["datetimestamps:insert-datestamp"] = datestamp,
+  ["datetimestamps:insert-timestamp"] = timestamp,
+  ["datetimestamps:insert-datetimestamp"] = datetimestamp
+})
+