diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/zsh/conf.d/aliases.zsh b/home/private_dot_config/zsh/conf.d/aliases.zsh
index d810a7f..f4e104b 100644
--- a/home/private_dot_config/zsh/conf.d/aliases.zsh
+++ b/home/private_dot_config/zsh/conf.d/aliases.zsh
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ alias mkrt='make -C $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)'
 alias mk="make"
 alias mkc="make -C"
 
+alias yyyymmdd='date +%Y%m%d'
+alias ds='date +%Y-%m-%d'
+alias ts='date +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
+
 # url encode/decode
 alias urldecode='python3 -c "import sys, urllib.parse as ul; \
     print(ul.unquote_plus(sys.argv[1]))"'
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/zsh/conf.d/env.zsh b/home/private_dot_config/zsh/conf.d/env.zsh
index 4e5e253..29d21f4 100644
--- a/home/private_dot_config/zsh/conf.d/env.zsh
+++ b/home/private_dot_config/zsh/conf.d/env.zsh
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@ export VIV_NO_SETUPTOOLS=1
 export VIV_RUN_MODE='semi-ephemeral'
 
 export TSM_CONFIG="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tsm/config-$(hostname).usu"
-
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/zsh/dot_zplugins b/home/private_dot_config/zsh/dot_zplugins
index 6aa4c52..09322b6 100644
--- a/home/private_dot_config/zsh/dot_zplugins
+++ b/home/private_dot_config/zsh/dot_zplugins
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh path:plugins/copyfile
 ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh path:plugins/extract
 ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh path:plugins/magic-enter
 ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh path:plugins/fancy-ctrl-z
+ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh path:plugins/colored-man-pages
 
 # tools
 junegunn/fzf path:shell/completion.zsh
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/zsh/dot_zprofile b/home/private_dot_config/zsh/dot_zprofile
index f490dd0..38872e1 100644
--- a/home/private_dot_config/zsh/dot_zprofile
+++ b/home/private_dot_config/zsh/dot_zprofile
@@ -14,23 +14,18 @@ done
 # Ensure path arrays do not contain duplicates.
 typeset -gU path fpath cdpath
 
-# add custom completions
 fpath=(
   ${ZDOTDIR:-${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/zsh}/completions(-/FN)
 
   $fpath
 )
 
-# Set the list of directories that zsh searches for commands.
 path=(
   $HOME/{,.local/}{,s}bin(N)
-  $HOME/.extra/bin(N)
 
-  $HOME/.{go,cargo,pyenv,pixi}/bin(N)
-  $HOME/.zig(N)
+  $HOME/.{go,cargo,pyenv,pixi,zig}/bin(N)
 
-  /opt/local/{,s}bin(N)
-  /usr/{,local/}{,s}bin(N)
+  /{opt,usr}/{,local/}{,s}bin(N)
 
   # prefer NixOs paths to qtile path corruption
   /run/{wrappers,current-system/sw}/bin(N)
@@ -38,13 +33,14 @@ path=(
   $path
 )
 
-# start by sourcing extras
 for rcfile in $ZDOTDIR/local/{current,shared}/*.{,z}sh(N); do
   source $rcfile
 done
 
-# Set default less options.
 export LESS="${LESS:--g -i -M -R -S -w -z-4}"
 # Use `< file` to quickly view the contents of any file.
 [[ -z "$READNULLCMD" ]] || READNULLCMD=$PAGER
 
+# needed for omz plugin colored-man-pages
+autoload colors && colors
+