Take the following date:
1999-12-31
Because Vim treats the hyphen as a negative sign, pressing <C-A> on the 31
would normally increment it to
1999-12-30
Compare this with what happens when speeddating.vim is installed:
2000-01-01
Pressing 5<C-X> on the 03 in the first line below transforms it into the
second:
Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:03 +0000
Fri, 31 Dec 1999 23:59:58 +0000
Several date, time, and datetime formats are included. Additional formats can
be defined in a strftime-like syntax with the :SpeedDatingFormat command.
Existing Vim semantics are preserved. <C-A> and <C-X> accept a count, and
plain number incrementing is used if no date format is matched.
Use of <C-A>/<C-X> in visual mode enables incrementing several lines at
once. Blank spots are filled by incrementing the match from the previous
line, allowing for creation of sequences (1, 2, 3; 2000-10-30, 2000-10-31,
2000-11-01).
It can also increment roman numerals and ordinals (1st, 2nd, 3rd, ...). In visual mode, letters of the alphabet are supported.
d<C-X> sets the timestamp under the cursor to the current time. d<C-A>
does the same, but uses UTC rather than the local time.
The . command will work as expected if you install
repeat.vim.
If you don't have a preferred installation method, I recommend installing pathogen.vim, and then simply copy and paste:
cd ~/.vim/bundle
git clone git://github.com/tpope/vim-speeddating.git
Once help tags have been generated, you can view the manual with
:help speeddating.
See the contribution guidelines for pathogen.vim.
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