>>>>> On Thu, 04 Mar 2021 15:22:21 +0100, Uwe Brauer <o...@mat.ucm.es> said: Uwe> Sorry, you misunderstood me, this time string, inserts the time string, Uwe> when I execute the capture, but I want to extract the time string, when Uwe> the message was received. This is why I used Uwe> %:date Uwe> in my first attempt, that works but inserts Uwe> Tue, 2 Mar 2021 19:35:03 +0100
Uwe> Which I find way too long. Uwe> Just Uwe> Tue, 2 Mar 2021 Uwe> Would be fine or 02.03.2021 Uwe> But not the hour, seconds etc It looks like the %:date handling respects the 'org-time-stamp-formats' variable, so if you can arrange for that to be let-bound appropriately during the capture process, it might do the right thing. Robert --