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I want a yasnippet to insert an org-mode date and time.

The date should be today's date, but the time should be fixed.

So far my snippet correctly inserts today's date, but not the time:

# -*- mode: snippet; require-final-newline: nil -*-
# name: jdt 
# key: jdt
# binding: direct-keybinding
# --

* TODO meditate
  SCHEDULED: `(let ((x (org-insert-time-stamp (current-time)))))`

How do I get the time (8:30am) inside the timestamp?

Desired output: 

* TODO meditate
  SCHEDULED: <2015-09-18 Fri 8:30am>
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    It's not an answer to the question you asked, but you might also consider using repeating tasks. That way you get the behavior you want (if it repeats on a fixed schedule), but you also get all the logging of those tasks in one place. – zck Sep 18 '15 at 20:46
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You can use the format-time-string function to format the time in different ways, for your example this should work:

* TODO meditate
  SCHEDULED: `(format-time-string "<%Y-%m-%d %a 8:30am>" (current-time))`
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    I don't want the current time, I want a fixed time, 8:30am. Also the let is necessary otherwise yasnippet inserts the timestamp twice. – incandescentman Sep 18 '15 at 19:16
  • Creating a todo list for the day and scheduling all of my tasks for the exact same time (the time I create the list) would be insane. The whole point of scheduling in the first place is so I can plan when to do things throughout the day—meditate at 8:30am, gym at 9:00am, etc. – incandescentman Sep 18 '15 at 19:22
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    @incandescentman Ok, now I understand. I have updated the post. – clemera Sep 18 '15 at 19:44

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