By default, the macro shortcut Ctrl+SHIFT+T is defined to automatically insert the current system date. You will see in your default shortcut group that the expansion is defined to be this: kbrd_input "system date YYYY-MM-DD" There are three other possible formats you can choose instead. To choose a different format, edit the expansion part of the Ctrl+Shift+T command. Here is a table of the four choices and the formats they provide:
| Expansion | Resulting format |
| kbrd_input "system date YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS" | 2010-02-09 16:59:52 |
| kbrd_input "system date YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM" | 2010-02-09 17:00 |
| kbrd_input "system date YYYY-MM-DD" | 2010-02-09 |
| kbrd_input "system date MM/DD/YY" | 02/09/10 |
When you change the format string, you may want to copy-and-paste your selection from the list above to avoid making any typos.
You can also change the command combination. Ctrl+Shift+T is given only as the default.