# Template for 'Today' or 'Now' timestamps **URL:** \ **Category:** News & Announcements\ **Created:** [November 30, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/template-for-today-or-now-timestamps/3627 "2022-11-30T13:18:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/template-for-today-or-now-timestamps/3627/1 "2022-11-30T13:18:20Z")
Here is a simple template that will allow you to automatically insert today’s date (with or without the current time) by typing #Today (or #Now). > **[Login](https://shared.fibery.io/sign-up?appShareId=4a8736ea-f8bc-4c2e-9a49-1e707ea4b8a0-mentions)** > > Log in into your Fibery account. Build your company workspace with no code. ---
**Author:** ![Oshyan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/oshyan/32/11431_2.png) [@Oshyan](https://community.fibery.io/u/Oshyan)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/template-for-today-or-now-timestamps/3627/2 "2022-11-30T17:38:33Z")
Hmm, cool in theory to have. I didn’t install the template because I don’t want to clutter up my workspace further 😄 But by the looks of it I’m wondering if this just clutters things up with a lot of specific date/time-named entities. Is that how it works? Not to be an ingrate, I appreciate you putting this together. ---
**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/template-for-today-or-now-timestamps/3627/3 "2022-11-30T17:59:18Z")
> [@Oshyan](#): > > But by the looks of it I’m wondering if this just clutters things up with a lot of specific date/time-named entities. Is that how it works? Yeah, it does, sorry! It’s an ugly workaround until this functionality is native 🤷‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![Oshyan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/oshyan/32/11431_2.png) [@Oshyan](https://community.fibery.io/u/Oshyan)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 12:43am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/template-for-today-or-now-timestamps/3627/4 "2022-12-02T00:43:38Z")
> [@Chr1sG](#): > > It’s an ugly workaround until this functionality is native 🤷‍♂️ … **until** … 🤞 ---
**Author:** ![B\_Sp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@B\_Sp](https://community.fibery.io/u/B_Sp)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 3:10am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/template-for-today-or-now-timestamps/3627/5 "2022-12-02T03:10:48Z")
100% agree with you here, having Entities that are dates/times is not the way to do this. Would really like to see some of what we talked about here in the mix: > [@\[Approved\] Ability to add in-line dates w/notifications (rich text, documents, comments)](https://community.fibery.io/t/approved-ability-to-add-in-line-dates-w-notifications-rich-text-documents-comments/917): > > I would very much like the ability to add in-line dates with reminders in as many places as possible. The major examples that come to mind are any Rich Text Field, Documents, and in Comments (both Extension-type, i.e. Entity-level comments, and highlight comments). This is a feature that many other systems have, including Notion, Quip, and tools like Roam, and it’s very useful for when you want to be reminded of something specific to a document (or section of a document), or where creating a ful… In particular, if you could do some kind of [Activity Stream](https://community.fibery.io/t/approved-activity-stream/109) that would enable you to pick up dates, the same way referenced entities show up in the “references” area perhaps, you would have a massively innovative feature. Say I’m in a doc that has some sanctity in the system - an important Memo, spec, etc. When I write in edits, I’d like to tag with a date in a text block when I made them. This way I could see how long the doc was edited if it needs a final version for example, or if it’s a standing doc, for example procedures on asking for leave, I could make notes with an inline date around when a change was made. Maybe not the best examples, but bottom line I’d love to be able to see what happened on a given day in Fibery - entities I created, comments I made, references I made, and **edits I made where I tagged that day’s date** And @Oshyan I actually gave up a vote somewhere so I could add another vote into your request, up to 5 now!! ---
**Author:** ![Oshyan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/oshyan/32/11431_2.png) [@Oshyan](https://community.fibery.io/u/Oshyan)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 4:39am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/template-for-today-or-now-timestamps/3627/6 "2022-12-03T04:39:08Z")
> [@B\_Sp](#): > > Say I’m in a doc that has some sanctity in the system - an important Memo, spec, etc. When I write in edits, I’d like to tag with a date in a text block when I made them. This way I could see how long the doc was edited if it needs a final version for example, or if it’s a standing doc, for example procedures on asking for leave, I could make notes with an inline date around when a change was made. I prefer block-level edit dates/history for this, but otherwise yes, I agree, having a “date” as more of a system-wide “first class concept” so to speak, and being able to interact with it, imbued with an intrinsic understanding of time/dates, and tools within the system to operate on that understanding (timelines, filters, calendars, etc. _for arbitrary dates within free text_, for example), yes absolutely. ---
**Author:** ![B\_Sp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@B\_Sp](https://community.fibery.io/u/B_Sp)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 3:48am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/template-for-today-or-now-timestamps/3627/7 "2022-12-14T03:48:01Z")
Yes, well said, what you described I think would be even more useful!