global !p def newsoa(): import datetime now = datetime.datetime.now() # return standard SOA formatted serial for today return now.strftime("%Y%m%d00") endglobal snippet zone "Bootstrap a new Bind zonefile" b $TTL 86400 @ IN SOA ${1:example.net}. ${2:hostmaster.$1}.( `!p snip.rv = newsoa()`; serial 21600; refresh every 6 hours 3600; retry after one hour 604800; expire after a week 86400 ); minimum TTL of 1 day IN NS ns01.$1. IN MX 10 mail.$1. ns01.$1 IN A mail.$1 IN A endsnippet snippet A "Insert A Record" b ${1:hostname} IN A ${2:ip} endsnippet