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Add TIMEZONE or TIMEZONE_OFFSET to User Defined Snippet Variables
As outlined here and here, we still don't have the ability to script the creation of accurate, time-aware ISO8601 timestamps using VS Code. This is because we're missing a TIMEZONE element.
Thank you
FWIW, I agree with this request, and the name should probably be CURRENT_TZOFFSET. Its value should derive from Date.getTimezoneOffset and then be formatted accordingly, as seen as part of the larger string here.
I'd also suggest something like CURRENT_ISO8601_LOCAL_TIMESTAMP (built as shown in the prior link) and CURRENT_ISO8601_UTC_TIMESTAMP (which can be obtained directly from Date.toISOString)
Looks like the right place to add it would be here: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/71080eb345c19783eff945f2b047c6bf0803849a/src/vs/editor/contrib/snippet/browser/snippetVariables.ts#L259-L299
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Come on VS Code Community! Only 9 more upvotes to go and we can have complete timestamps in our SNIPPETS!
2 upvotes to go!! Lets go VS Code Community!!
This enhancement will allow you to automatically create aware timestamps instead of having to manually manage your UTC relation info.
Example:
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Here's what you have to do today to generate an aware timstamp:
${CURRENT_YEAR}-${CURRENT_MONTH}-${CURRENT_DATE}T${CURRENT_HOUR}:${CURRENT_MINUTE}:${CURRENT_SECOND}-07:00- If your locale recognizes daylight saving time, you have to manually adjust the UTC relation info (the
-07:00/08:00)!
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Here is what is proposed:
${CURRENT_YEAR}-${CURRENT_MONTH}-${CURRENT_DATE}T${CURRENT_HOUR}:${CURRENT_MINUTE}:${CURRENT_SECOND}${CURRENT_TZ}
Lets do this VS Code Community!
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Happy Coding!
Awwww man! Daylight savings time and I forgot to go into my Snippets: Configure User Snippets markdown.json file and update all the -07's to -08's! All timestamps that I've created since DST ended over the weekend are incorrect.
It will be very nice when the ${CURRENT_TZ} built-in variable is available... :)
I've open a pull request that adds a CURRENT_TIMEZONE_OFFSET variable that display the offset as +/-hh:mm. Let me know if this solves your issue.
Timezone changes are quickly approaching... seems the fix that @MonadChains proposed is blocked https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/170518...
@MonadChains, thank you for addressing this request. I see the merge is blocked. Is there anything I can do to assist the ball forward?
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/170518 has been merged, this will ship with 1.78 stable and next/tomorrow's insiders
@jrieken I'm not sure what the "verification-needed" label requires, but I can tell you that adding $CURRENT_TIMEZONE_OFFSET to a global snippet in today's Insider build works as expected, at least for my time zone which is a positive offset. The variable expands to format [+|-]##:##.
For an ISO 8601 date and time timestamp:
$CURRENT_YEAR-$CURRENT_MONTH-${CURRENT_DATE}T$CURRENT_HOUR:$CURRENT_MINUTE:$CURRENT_SECOND$CURRENT_TIMEZONE_OFFSET
Result:
2023-04-25T13:37:45+02:00
