"Now" button in entry editor

[mauser]

Title
"Now" button in entry editor

Short, concise description of the idea
Add a button next to the date and time in the entry editor to update the date and time.

Full description of the ideaI would like a "Now" button next to the date and time in the edit window, so that I can set or update the date and time of an entry to the point when I'm about to

Comments

[flamencanyc]

Yes please, though low on my priority list of changes I'd like to see.

[snakeling]

I'd love something like that.

[hakeber]

Certainly.

Why hello there

[nighthawkal]

What if someone wants to backdate their posting on purpose to reflect a certain date or time? Can they still do that with this suggestion? I'm satisfied with the current system the way it is. If someone wants their posting to reflect the current time because they started a posting earlier but went away and did something else, and finished it later, they should be able to edit the time.

[mauser]

Yes. All that happens is that a button appears next to the date and time display. The rest of the page is exactly as it is currently. When the user hits the button, the contents of the date and time field are set to the current date and time.

As I said, editing the time is always possible, but it means clicking and editing several fields and figuring out 24 hour time. So why nod add a button to do it for you? The code is pretty much there already because the current date and time are the initial settings of those fields.

[dcseain]

This would be a happy, and i would certainly use this potential feature.