What is the easiest way to get a yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss timestamp hotkey on the Mac?

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Published on 2010-12-30T08:36:50Z Indexed on 2010/12/30 8:57 UTC
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On Windows I use the PSPad editor which has a nice ALT-D timestamp which you can edit the format of, e.g. yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.

When working outside an editor, e.g. Google Docs, I have Autohotkey which I have programmed CTRL-D to insert a yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss timestamp.

I am now working on a Mac mostly using TextWrangler as my editor but I can't find a timestamp hotkey in its features.

What is the easiest way to get a yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss hotkey on Mac, either in a (free) text editor or a (free) autohotkey equivalent?

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