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While we are here, here’s a script that (almost) abuses the awesome SpaceScript functionality to let you input dates in natural language

const chrono = import("https://esm.sh/[email protected]");
silverbullet.registerCommand({name:"Insert Date"}, async () => {
  function pad(n) {
    let s = String(n);
    if (s.length === 1) {
      s = "0" + s;
    }
    return s;
  }

  function datestr(d) {
    return d.getFullYear() + "-" + (d.getMonth() + 1).toString().padStart(2, '0') + "-" + (d.getDate()).toString().padStart(2, '0');
  }

  async function dateparse(in_str) {
    const { Chrono } = await chrono
    const chrono_parser = new Chrono()
    const result = chrono_parser.parseDate(in_str);
    return datestr(result);
  }

  const input = await syscall("editor.prompt", "Insert a date in natural language", "")
  if (input) {
    const output = await dateparse(input);
    await syscall("editor.insertAtCursor", output);
  }
})
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