trying to create a journal

[Capt.Aaron]

I want the doc to auto-insert the current date and time when I open it, at the point where I left off, without changing the previous date/time, with the oldest at the beginning of the doc. MS Wordpad used to be able to do something like this. I don’t care if it’s docx or odf or what.
Thanks!

journal sample.docx (5.2 KB)

[EarnestAl]

@Capt.Aaron

MS Wordpad used to be able to do something like this

Notepad can, see Help in Notepad - Microsoft Support

[Edit]
You can do it semi-automatically in Writer.

1. Click Insert > Field > More Fields > Document
2. In the Type pane, click Date. In the Select pane click Date (fixed). In the Format pane select additional formats and enter MMMM d, YYYY. Click OK, Click Insert
3. In the document, enter a Tab then in the Fields dialogue, click Time, Time (fixed)*, select 01:37 PM. Click Insert
4. Select both fields with the tab between and click Tools > AutoText.
5. In the dialogue, enter a name, e.g. Time Stamp, the Shortcut will show TS. In the main pane select My AutoText. Click the AutoText button and select New. Close the dialogue

To enter your time stamp anywhere in any document, type TS and press F3

[fpy]

@EarnestAl

do

← Automatic time date stamp at beginning of each line - #3 by PYS

@EarnestAl

semi

without programming, Recording a Macro does a decent job :

sub bottomTimestamp
	dim document   as object
	dim dispatcher as object
	
	rem get access to the document
	document   = ThisComponent.CurrentController.Frame
	dispatcher = createUnoService("com.sun.star.frame.DispatchHelper")
	
	dispatcher.executeDispatch(document, ".uno:GoToEndOfDoc", "", 0, Array())
	
	dispatcher.executeDispatch(document, ".uno:InsertPara", "", 0, Array())
	
	dispatcher.executeDispatch(document, ".uno:InsertPara", "", 0, Array())
	
	dispatcher.executeDispatch(document, ".uno:InsertDateField", "", 0, Array())
	
	dim args5(0) as new com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue
	args5(0).Name = "Text"
	args5(0).Value = " "
	dispatcher.executeDispatch(document, ".uno:InsertText", "", 0, args5())
	
	dispatcher.executeDispatch(document, ".uno:InsertTimeFieldVar", "", 0, Array())
	
	dispatcher.executeDispatch(document, ".uno:InsertPara", "", 0, Array())
end sub

@Capt.Aaron

when I open

Assigning a Macro to an Event → OnViewCreated

journal sample.odt (19.3 KB)