Change Date Format (currently: YYYY-MM-DD)
For links and the filenames to match it easier with other apps (links are ISO format and filenames are also ISO without hyphens).
Pending
The file name date format is what has been stopping me from using Noteplan up to now. I just can’t be bothered to change the file names of my daily noted from obsidian…
+1! I love consistent design. Obsidian names its files in this format. NP uses this format for date-tags and date-links. Makes perfect sense! Edit: I want the format *with* hyphens: `YYYY-MM-DD`. Everything else is perfect chaos for international users.
Rhubarb: if it was at least consistent, you can change Obsidian to use YYYY-MM-DD
Steve Locke-Wheaton: I assumed the feature request was to renname the daily notes from `YYYYMMDD.md` to `YYYY-MM-DD.md`. I want it consistently *with* hyphens. (As it it is the default for Obsidian's plugins *Periodic Notes* and *Daily Notes*.)
Would this change be at the file level, or just a display preference?
Jon Plummer: Links and filenames have different date formats, probably one for both would be needed.
Eduard Metzger: I happen to be really happy with the ISO format. I imagine changing date formats wholesale would be tricky unless on a new directory
Jon Plummer: Yes, this one could create a mess with the calendar notes and links.
Since it has been argued that this change might cause a lot of work for plugin authors who rely on the current date format, I think this could be solved with some kind of compatibility layer. For example, Noteplan could intercept file access operations and convert any requests formated as yyMMdd into yy-MM-dd.