How to get the timestamp (and location stamp) with a keypress?

Question

I need this info in many places:

Date     Time Lat   Long
20130223 0800 44.44 32.33

Most of the time, I key in the date and time manually or using a program shortcut key like F5 in Notepad.

But, I need this at many places, and I don't want to always type / use the program's built-in copy-paste function. I need to just press a key on the keyboard – or two keys, say F8 or AltF8 and I need the data.

Is there any direct way to do that? Or any combination of tools?

Solution

Autohotkey is a great tool for Windows that is great for tying text insertion to universal hotkeys. It's scripting language has built in functionality for filling in date and time. They have a page with details and examples of how to specify custom date/time formatting. There are also many tutorials and examples that can help you get started as well as lots of ready-made user scripts available around the web.

Comments

[Kruug]

Is there a particular program you're trying to accomplish this in?

[user1744649]

No. I want to use it when naming files, or within text files, or within excel.

[user1744649]

I think autohotkey.com/docs/Tutorial.htm does help

[jonsca]

Can you expand on why it might be helpful in your answer?