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The Insert Dates & Times Action
The Insert Dates & Times Action
This lets you insert dates and / or times in whichever format you like into the selected area. Also, you can choose to insert
incrementing dates and times, increasing or decreasing by an amount that you can set.
The 'Using the format' drop down lets you choose one of the available formatting options or create your own. You may also
type in spaces here to easily distinguish the newly inserted dates from the existing names. If you only choose date format
letters, such as 'd', 'M' or 'y' then the time will not be inserted, and vice versa.
The 'Date & Time' boxes allow you specify either the fixed date and / or time that you wish to insert, or the starting point
for the incrementing series.
If the 'Changing by' box is ticked (checked) then you can specify the increasing or decreasing step change to the final
date and time specified in the 'To' boxes.
The run of dates and times will increment at the specified amount up to but not exceeding the final date and time shown in the 'To' box.
Confused? Don't be! Just take a look at our examples:
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Option
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Selected Choice
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Insert into
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Every name
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Beginning at
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The end
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Using the format
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'dd MMM yyyy hh mm ss'
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From
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19/01/2001 12:00:05
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Changing by
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No
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To
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Original Files
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Renaming Preview
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File Name 1.txt
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File Name 119 Jan 2001 12 00 05.txt
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File Name 2.txt
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File Name 219 Jan 2001 12 00 05.txt
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File Name 3.txt
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File Name 319 Jan 2001 12 00 05.txt
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Option
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Selected Choice
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Insert into
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Every name
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Beginning at
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The end
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Using the format
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' dd MMM yyyy hh mm ss'
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From
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04/04/2002
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Changing by
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No
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To
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Original Files
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Renaming Preview
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File Name 1.txt
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File Name 1 04 April 02.txt
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File Name 2.txt
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File Name 2 04 April 02.txt
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File Name 3.txt
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File Name 3 04 April 02.txt
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Option
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Selected Choice
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Insert into
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Every name
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Beginning at
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The end
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Using the format
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' dd-MM-yyyy'
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From
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03/03/2003
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Changing by
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YES - 1 Day
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To
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15/03/2003
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Original Files
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Renaming Preview
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File Name 1.txt
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Name 1 04 April 0File2.txt
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File Name 2.txt
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File Name 2 04-03-2003.txt
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File Name 3.txt
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File Name 3 05-03-2003.txt
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Option
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Selected Choice
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Insert into
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Every name
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Beginning at
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The end
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Using the format
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' dd-MM-yyyy'
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From
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06/06/2006
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Changing by
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YES - 2 Weeks
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To
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25/06/2006
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Original Files
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Renaming Preview
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File Name 1.txt
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File Name 1 06-06-2006.txt
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File Name 2.txt
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File Name 2 20-06-2006.txt
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File Name 3.txt
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File Name 3.txt
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Option
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Selected Choice
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Insert into
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Every extension
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Beginning at
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The start
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Using the format
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'hh-mm-ss '
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From
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10:10:10
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Changing by
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YES - 30 Seconds
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To
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10:11:00
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Original Files
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Renaming Preview
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File Name 1.txt
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File Name 1.10-10-10 txt
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File Name 2.txt
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File Name 2.10-10-40 txt
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File Name 3.txt
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File Name 3.txt
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