Scripting help to insert date in file name

[Melanie0D4D]

Using InD 15.1.3, my client likes the date to be part of the file name and he likes it in a specific format: 06.09.21

Is there a way to program a shortcut key that will insert the current date in that format when naming/saving a file in InDesign?  I do this 100 times a day.

Thank you!

[Charu Rajput · Accepted solution]

HI,

Try following snippet to save the file that will append the date in the end.

var dateObj = new Date();
var year = dateObj.getFullYear().toString().substr(-2);
var month = ("0" + (dateObj.getMonth() + 1)).slice(-2);
var date = ("0" + dateObj.getDate()).slice(-2);
var _formattedDate = month + "." + date + "." + year;
var fileName = "Test_" + _formattedDate + ".indd";
var file = app.activeDocument.save(File(Folder.desktop + "/" + fileName));

[amy223620263urm]

Hi! I'd like to try this but I don't know where to put the script once I've compiled it in Script Editor so that it is active when I go to save a file. What folder does it belong in?

[Robert Tkaczyk]

https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/indesign/using/scripting.html