Dates and times

{{date}} and {{time}} paste the current date and time, in your Mac's language and format. Add a style, a pattern or a shift to get exactly what you need. All of them are free.

Try it: edit the snippetToday: {{date}} ISO: {{date:yyyy-MM-dd}} Tomorrow: {{date+1d:EEEE}} In a month: {{date+1m:d MMMM yyyy}} Now: {{time}} · {{time:HH:mm:ss}} Week {{date:w}}, {{date:QQQ}}

What gets pasted

Today: Sep 25, 2026 ISO: 2026-09-25 Tomorrow: Saturday In a month: 25 October 2026 Now: 9:41 AM · 09:41:00 Week 39, Q3

The easiest way to build one is Insert Placeholder ▸ Other Date or Time Format… in the editor. It has presets with live examples, a field for your own pattern, and a shift, and it shows the exact text and code before inserting.

Named styles

Styles follow the region set in System Settings, so the same snippet looks right for everyone who uses it. These examples use English (US):

Placeholder	Pastes
{{date}} or {{date:medium}}	Sep 25, 2026
{{date:short}}	9/25/26
{{date:long}}	September 25, 2026
{{date:full}}	Friday, September 25, 2026
{{time}} or {{time:short}}	9:41 AM
{{time:medium}}	9:41:07 AM

Formats

Spell out a format with Unicode date pattern letters. Letters are replaced; anything else, like -, /, , or spaces, is kept. Put words in single quotes: 'Week' w.

Letters	Means	Example
yyyy / yy	Year	2026 / 26
MM / M	Month number	09 / 9
MMM / MMMM	Month name	Sep / September
dd / d	Day of the month	05 / 5
EEE / EEEE	Weekday	Fri / Friday
w	Week of the year	39
QQQ / QQQQ	Quarter	Q3 / 3rd quarter
D	Day of the year	268
HH / H	Hour, 24-hour clock	09 / 9
hh / h	Hour, 12-hour clock	09 / 9
a	AM or PM	AM
mm	Minutes	41
ss	Seconds	07

Some combinations people use:

Placeholder	Pastes
{{date:yyyy-MM-dd}}	2026-09-25
{{date:dd.MM.yyyy}}	25.09.2026
{{date:EEEE, d MMMM}}	Friday, 25 September
{{date:'Week' w, yyyy}}	Week 39, 2026
{{time:HH:mm}}	09:41
{{date:yyyyMMdd-HHmm}}	20260925-0941

Coming from the Chrome extension?

The extension's YYYY and DD work too. HandyPaste reads them as yyyy and dd, so imported snippets paste the same dates.

Shifting the date

Add + or -, a number and a unit right after date or time:

Unit	Means
h	hours
d	days
w	weeks
m	months
y	years

Placeholder	Pastes (on Friday 25 September 2026)
{{date+1d}}	Sep 26, 2026 (tomorrow)
{{date-1d:EEEE}}	Thursday (yesterday)
{{date+2w:d MMMM}}	9 October
{{date+1m:yyyy-MM-dd}}	2026-10-25
{{time+2h:HH:mm}}	11:41

Months and years use calendar arithmetic, so one month after 31 January is the last day of February, not 3 March.

Examples

An invoice reminder

Hi {{input:Name}},

A friendly reminder that invoice
{{input:Invoice number}} is due on
{{date+7d:EEEE d MMMM}}.

Pastes

Hi Sam,

A friendly reminder that invoice
INV-2031 is due on
Friday 2 October.

A log entry

[{{date:yyyy-MM-dd}} {{time:HH:mm}}] {{cursor}}

Pastes

[2026-09-25 09:41] |

A file name

report-{{date:yyyy-MM-dd}}.pdf

Pastes

report-2026-09-25.pdf