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[FEATURE] Supply date tag #298
Description
Activity
There's no need for a custom
formatDatefunction in the scripts, because the QML engine QOwnNotes scripts run in already has one built in:Qt.formatDateTime(plusQt.formatDateandQt.formatTime).var date = new Date(); Qt.formatDateTime(date, "yyyy-MM-dd"); // 2026-09-29 Qt.formatDateTime(date, "yyyyMMdd"); // 20260929 Qt.formatDateTime(date, "yyyyMMddHHmmss"); // 20260929140512 Qt.formatDateTime(date, "dddd, d. MMMM yyyy 'at' HH:mm"); // Tuesday, 29. September 2026 at 14:05 // Tag the current note with a date tag, like "2026-09" script.tagCurrentNote(Qt.formatDateTime(date, "yyyy-MM"));
Common placeholders are
yyyy,yy,MM,M,MMM,MMMM,dd,d,ddd,dddd,HH,hh,mm,ssandAP. Text in single quotes is output literally. The placeholders are case-sensitive:MMis the month andmmis the minute.YYYY/DDfrom strftime or moment.js are not supported, and neither are ISO week numbers.For all placeholders see the Qt docs:
I've added a Formatting dates and times section to the scripting documentation, and the example scripts in the QOwnNotes repository now use
Qt.formatDateTimeinstead of formatting dates by hand. The docs page will show up once the documentation is deployed.Adding a configurable date tag to
journal_entryis now easy, and scripts in this repository with their own hard-codedformatDatecan switch toQt.formatDateTimeover time.Thanks for this info. This is precisely what I needed!
Reacted by Patrizio Bekerle- added 4 commits that reference this issue
on Sep 29, 2026
Script name
journal_entry
Script authors
@pbek @sanderboom @kantrol @nico2sh
Desired behavior
When a new journal entry is created, automatically add a tag that reflects the date. Preferrably customizable similar to the title, i.e. with
YYYY,MM, etc substitutions.Suggestion
Several scripts have a hard coded
formatDatefunction. It may be worth to centralize this function or use astrftimelibrary.