Automator - Date & Time script

I'm looking to create a date & time-stamp in Automator with a specific combination of a short date (MM/DD/YYYY) and timestamp (HH:MM:SS XM). I've looked around but have not found an answer to my specific question, closest script I've found is:

on run {input, parameters}
	
	set thedate to (current date) as string
	tell application "System Events"
		keystroke thedate
	end tell
end run

However this script generates the full date including the day of the full-length week and month:

Thursday, January 15, 2021 at 12:31:54 PM

I then tried changing it to:

on run {input, parameters}
	
	set thedate to short date string of (get current date)
	tell application "System Events"
		keystroke thedate
	end tell
end run 

But now it only shows the date and no time.

1/15/2021

How the heck to I combine the two to show both the current short date and a timestamp?