[CentOS] Noob Question: Keyboard Shortcut - Enter Date - Time

Thu Jul 12 18:52:58 UTC 2007
John Thomas <gmane-2006-04-16 at jt-socal.com>

In X (preferably Gnome), is there a way I can set a keyboard shortcut to 
enter the date (preferably in a configurable format) into the current 
position of the cursor in the top window?
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Sincerely,
John Thomas