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Prepend Creation Date

fizzyfizzy62 downloads

Provides shortcuts to prefix files with their creation dates.

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Prepend Creation Date

This is a simple Obsidian plugin that makes it easy to date notes in your Obsidian Vault.

Run it from the file explorer or command palette!

Multi Prepend Example

Features

  • Batch Editing
  • Command Palette & Files Support

Installation

From Obsidian

Open Settings → Community plugins, search for Prepend Creation Date, then install and enable it.

Manual installation

  1. Download main.js and manifest.json from the latest GitHub release.
  2. Create a folder named prepend-creation-date in your vault at .obsidian/plugins/.
  3. Copy both downloaded files into that folder.
  4. In Obsidian, open Settings → Community plugins, press the reload button, and enable Prepend Creation Date.

For updates, replace the two files with the versions from a newer release, then press 🔄️ in the Community Plugins menu.

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Prepend creation dates to selected notes to create consistent, chronological filenames. Run from the file explorer or command palette and apply changes to single files or in batch.
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Details
Current version
2.0.1
Last updated
3 weeks ago
Created
3 weeks ago
Updates
5 releases
Downloads
62
Compatible with
Obsidian 1.4.0+
Platforms
Desktop, Mobile
License
OTHER
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Author
fizzyfizzy
GitHubfizzyhex
  1. Community
  2. Plugins
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  4. Prepend Creation Date

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