DateDrop
Drop a perfectly formatted date and time anywhere, instantly. Hit a hotkey, pick your time zones, insert.
macOS 13 Ventura or later · Apple Silicon · Free trial
What it does
Type it in plain English
“next Tuesday 3pm”, “in 30 minutes”, “friday 5pm”, “3pm to 5pm” — type, hit Enter, done. Range phrases fill in both ends. Works in your Mac’s language wherever macOS’s date recognizer supports it.
One hotkey, anywhere
Bind any combo. DateDrop pops up over the active app — no window switching, no copy-paste gymnastics. Works everywhere.
Date, time, or range
Drop just a date, just a time, or a full start-to-end range. Toggles switch instantly and every zone follows along.
Flexible formats
Long, Medium, Short, Day of Week, ISO 8601, RFC 2822, Unix timestamp — or write your own pattern. Live preview shows exactly what will land on the clipboard.
Multi-zone aware
Add as many time zones as you need. Inline or stacked. Great for scheduling across teams in different cities.
Favorites, ready to go
Your most-used cities appear as one-click chips. Even aliases like “NYC” or “SF” work. No hunting through long pickers.
Screenshots
Insert is available on the direct-download and Setapp builds. The Mac App Store build offers Copy only, per Apple's guidelines.
Get DateDrop
Free trial. Requires macOS 13 or later.
Support
Questions, bug reports, or feature requests? Email ben.dansby@gmail.com and you’ll get a reply, usually within a day or two.
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