Insert Date/Time plugin

The insertdatetime plugin provides a toolbar control and menu item Insert date/time (under the Insert menu) that lets a user easily insert the current date and/or time into the editable area at the cursor insertion point.

Type: String

Example

tinymce.init({
  selector: "textarea",  // change this value according to your HTML
  plugins: "insertdatetime",
  menubar: "insert",
  toolbar: "insertdatetime"
});

Options

These settings affect the execution of the insertdatetime plugin. Formats for both dates and times can be set in these configuration options.

insertdatetime_dateformat

This option allows you to override the default formatting rule for date formats inserted by the mceInsertDate command. This defaults to %Y-%m-%d and where the different % variables get replaced with various date format options.

Example

tinymce.init({
  selector: "textarea",  // change this value according to your HTML
  plugins: "insertdatetime",
  menubar: "insert",
  toolbar: "insertdatetime"
  insertdatetime_dateformat: "%Y-%m-%d"
});

insertdatetime_formats

Allows you to specify a list of date/time formats to be used in the date menu or date select box. A complete list of formats is available under date formats below.

Example

tinymce.init({
  selector: "textarea",  // change this value according to your HTML
  plugins: "insertdatetime",
  menubar: "insert",
  toolbar: "insertdatetime"
  insertdatetime_formats: ["%H:%M:%S", "%Y-%m-%d", "%I:%M:%S %p", "%D"]
});

insertdatetime_timeformat

This option allows you to override the default formatting rule for times inserted by the mceInsertTime command. This defaults to %H:%M:%S and where the different % variables get replaced with various date format options.

Example

tinymce.init({
  selector: "textarea",  // change this value according to your HTML
  plugins: "insertdatetime",
  menubar: "insert",
  toolbar: "insertdatetime"
  insertdatetime_timeformat: "%H:%M:%S"
});

insertdatetime_element

When this option is enabled HTML5 time elements gets generated when you insert dates/times.

Type: Boolean

Possible Values: true, false

Example

tinymce.init({
  selector: "textarea",  // change this value according to your HTML
  plugins: "insertdatetime",
  menubar: "insert",
  toolbar: "insertdatetime"
  insertdatetime_element: true
});

dateformats

Replacement variables