Mac OS X Services for date conversion

Automator Services that convert and replace selected text in any editable field with a UTC timestamp:

• Convert Date to ISO 8601 will convert into a UTC date in ISO 8601 format (e.g. 2016-04-07T06:10:00+00:00)
• Convert Date to Milliseconds will convert into milliseconds since UNIX Epoch (e.g. 1460009400000)

Accepted input

• Freeform datetime string (7 Apr, 2016 6:10:00.001am and many others)
• ISO 8601 (2016-04-07T06:10:00.001, 2016-04-07T06:10:00.001Z, 2016-04-07T16:10:00.001+10:00)
• Seconds since UNIX Epoch (1460009400)
• Milliseconds since UNIX Epoch (1460009400001)

Installation

svn checkout https://github.com/roldugin/dateconv-automator-services/trunk/Convert\ Date\ to\ ISO\ 8601.workflow ~/Library/Services/Convert\ Date\ to\ ISO\ 8601.workflow
svn checkout https://github.com/roldugin/dateconv-automator-services/trunk/Convert\ Date\ to\ Milliseconds.workflow ~/Library/Services/Convert\ Date\ to\ Milliseconds.workflow

Usage example

1. Select a date in any editor or editable field
2. Choose Application Menu (e.g. Chrome) -> Services -> Convert Date to ISO 8601
3. If the text is detected as date/time, it will be replaced with an equivalent UTC timestamp in ISO 8601 format (e.g. 2016-04-07T06:10:00+00:00)

Keyboard shortcuts

I have been using the following mappings without clashes so far:

• Convert Date to ISO 8601 ⌥⇧⌘I
• Convert Date to Milliseconds ⌥⇧⌘M