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Frontmatter dates

Daily Notes NG can automatically maintain date created and date modified properties in your note frontmatter.

Behavior

  • Date created is set once when a note is first created
  • Date modified updates after you stop typing (10-second debounce by default)
  • Only reacts to active editor changes, not syncs or passive file opens

Settings

  • Track dates — Enable/disable the feature
  • Created key — Frontmatter property name (default: date created)
  • Modified key — Frontmatter property name (default: date modified)
  • Date format — Moment.js format string (default: ISO 8601)
  • Delay — Debounce time in milliseconds (default: 10000)