feat: add a timestamp to the default template

3 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/jt.md b/jt.md
index 1b80c5d..d1f3b14 100644
--- a/jt.md
+++ b/jt.md
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ when I run jt2 --editor=none --dirname=jrnl new "Abracadabra"
 then command is successful
 and there is one draft in jrnl
 and draft 0 in jrnl contains "Abracadabra"
+and draft 0 in jrnl contains "!meta date="
 
 given an executable script append.sh
 when I run jt2 --editor=./append.sh --dirname=jrnl edit 0
diff --git a/src/journal.rs b/src/journal.rs
index e5a692e..788a34b 100644
--- a/src/journal.rs
+++ b/src/journal.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::error::JournalError;
 use crate::template::Templates;
-use chrono::Local;
+use chrono::{DateTime, Local};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::process::Command;
 use tera::Context;
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ impl Journal {
 
         let mut context = Context::new();
         context.insert("title", title);
+        context.insert("date", &current_timestamp());
 
         let pathname = self.pick_file_id(&drafts)?;
         let text = self.templates.new_draft(&context)?;
@@ -151,3 +152,9 @@ fn is_dir(path: &Path) -> bool {
         false
     }
 }
+
+fn current_timestamp() -> String {
+    let now = Local::now();
+    let now: DateTime<Local> = DateTime::from(now);
+    now.to_rfc2822()
+}
diff --git a/src/template.rs b/src/template.rs
index 1ad8a54..89c1a15 100644
--- a/src/template.rs
+++ b/src/template.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use std::path::Path;
 use tera::{Context, Tera};
 
 const NEW_ENTRY: &str = r#"[[!meta title="{{ title }}"]]
+[[!meta date="{{ date }}"]]
 
 This is the default template.
 "#;