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<info>
  <link type="guide" xref="gedit-plugin-guide#gedit-default-plugins"/>
  <desc>Insert the current date/time at the cursor position.</desc>

    <mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright">
      <mal:name>Zander Brown</mal:name>
      <mal:email>zbrown@gnome.org</mal:email>
      <mal:years>2020</mal:years>
    </mal:credit>
  </info>

<title>Insert date/time</title>

  <p>As this name of this plug-in suggests, the <gui>Insert Date/Time</gui> plug-in allows you to insert the date and/or time at the current cursor position.</p>

  <steps>
    <title>To enable the plug-in:</title>
    <item>
      <p>Press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and select <guiseq><gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui> <gui style="tab">Plug-ins</gui></guiseq>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Select <gui style="menuitem">Insert Date/Time</gui> to enable the plug-in.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>

  <p>To use the plug-in, press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and select <guiseq><gui style="menuitem">Tools</gui> <gui style="menuitem">Insert Date and Time…</gui></guiseq>.</p>

  <p>By default, the <gui>Insert Date/Time</gui> plug-in will prompt you to choose your preferred date/time format each time that you use the plug-in. However, you can choose your own default date and time format by pressing the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and selecting <guiseq> <gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui><gui style="tab">Plug-ins</gui><gui> Insert Date/Time</gui><gui style="button">Preferences</gui></guiseq>.</p>

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