Microsoft Visual Studio Code insert date time variables into snippet template

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description: make a snippet with current datetime

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edit snippet like following

${CURRENT_DATE}/${CURRENT_MONTH}/${CURRENT_YEAR} ${CURRENT_HOUR}:${CURRENT_MINUTE}

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{
	"post": {
		"prefix": ".post",
		"body": [
			"---\r",
			"title: ${1}\r",
			"date: ${CURRENT_DATE}/${CURRENT_MONTH}/${CURRENT_YEAR} ${CURRENT_HOUR}:${CURRENT_MINUTE}\r",
			"tags: \r",
			"keywords:\r",
			"categories: \r",
			"---\r",
			"description:\r",
			"\r",
			"\r",
			"\r",
			"\r",
			"---------------------------------------------\r",
			"more on [search4fan.github.io](https://search4fan.github.io/)\r",
			"\r",
			""
		],
		"description": "post template"
	}
}

other variables

TM_SELECTED_TEXT The currently selected text or the empty string
TM_LINE_NUMBER The one-index based line number
TM_FILENAME The filename of the current document
TM_FILENAME_BASE The filename of the current document without its extensions
TM_LINE_INDEX The zero-index based line number
TM_DIRECTORY The directory of the current document
TM_FILEPATH The full file path of the current document
CLIPBOARD The contents of your clipboard
TM_CURRENT_LINE The contents of the current line
TM_CURRENT_WORD The contents of the word under cursor or the empty string

CURRENT_DAY_NAME The name of day (example ‘Monday’)
CURRENT_DAY_NAME_SHORT The short name of the day (example ‘Mon’)
CURRENT_HOUR The current hour in 24-hour clock format
CURRENT_MINUTE The current minute
CURRENT_SECOND The current second

CURRENT_YEAR The current year
CURRENT_YEAR_SHORT The current year’s last two digits
CURRENT_MONTH The month as two digits (example ‘02’)
CURRENT_MONTH_NAME The full name of the month (example ‘July’)
CURRENT_MONTH_NAME_SHORT The short name of the month (example ‘Jul’)
CURRENT_DATE The day of the month

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