EDIT: I made a [Github project](https://github.com/stevenschmatz/did) which adds a few niceties to this blog post, like better dates, no date duplication, and syntax highlighting in Markdown.
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If you want syntax highlighting and better dates, you can use a Markdown file with the following command:
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If you want syntax highlighting and better dates, you can use a Markdown file with the following command:
``` vim +'normal Go' +'r!date +"\# \%B \%d, \%Y (\%A)"' ~/did.md ```
Make sure to turn `syntax: on` in your `.vimrc`.