An error occurs when the note’s object date property is displayed in Base

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What I’m trying to do
I added an Object property to a new note, and inside the Object I created multiple Date properties to select and store several dates. Then I tried to display those date values in Base. However, an error occurs whenever Base attempts to show the dates for that note.

Things I have tried

  • I checked the help docs and the forum for similar issues but found no solution.
  • Removing and re-adding the Date fields does not fix the issue.
  • The error only occurs when Base tries to render Date properties inside an Object.

Expected behavior
The dates inside the Object should display normally in Base.

Actual behavior
An error is triggered, and the Base view fails to show the date values.

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What do you mean by an “error” ? :thinking:
I mean, what happens, more precisely ?

And how are you trying to display the dates in the base ?

From a quick test in the sandbox vault, this:

---
dates:
  date1: 2025-11-01
  date2: 2025-11-30
---

… would return an object under the key dates (which Properties in Live Preview currently doesn’t really support)

dates object
dates object1002×246 12.4 KB

If I create a base and display the dates key, I’ll get the same result: it’ll return the “raw” object.
So, to be able to use these values, I would need to dereference them where/when needed … in a formula property (for example) using something like:

date(dates.date2)    // outputs 2025-11-30 (as a date object)

date2
date22772×678 46.5 KB

Is this the error you’re seeing ? :thinking:

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Does it resemble this? Bases cards: list property values overlap when they have a date-like format

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I wanted to display multiple dates inside the dates property, but I didn’t realize that Obsidian Properties doesn’t fully support this yet and therefore shows them as an “object.”
Thank you so much for pointing this out — I truly appreciate your help.

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