Creation Date and Dataview Dates are reset after copying/syncing :(

[oDDz]

I’ve looked this up, but I’m still not sure what to do. I use the properties addon, which I assume edits metadata— and the “created” tab of it also resets when I copy/paste or sync.

I was only able to fix it after I entered a new property called “Date + Time” that uses Obsidian’s date format.

I’m trying to make it to where not only are note’s dates preserved, but I mostly just want the Dataview to not reset dates… I have one big table for recently created notes and their age.

I’ve tried Linter, but I’m not sure how it would help.

Here is an example:

[AlanG]

That is to be expected when copying a file, sadly.

For that reason I wrote a plugin which updates the creation and modified properties inside Obsidian rather than using the file’s own dates:

https://obsidian.md/plugins?id=frontmatter-modified-date

It might be of use to you.

In your Dataview query you would use created rather than file.ctime

[oDDz]

I downloaded it, and I’m satisfied with it automatically creating a modified and created set of properties on new notes… And it seems to detect my old notes’ dates!

But I ran into another problem:

Is there anything in settings that may fix this?

[AlanG]

@oDDz

But I ran into another problem:

Are you talking about the display of the date property being text? It’s purely cosmetic and does not matter, however it will be detected as a date/time at some point by Obsidian.

Here’s my own vault as an example:

So just relax and let Obsidian change how it looks whenever it gets around to it.

[oDDz]

No I mean after I replaced it with "created” in the data tables, it gives my recent notes like -0.195817324…

Here is the data table

[!activity]+ ## Added Stuff
This view looks at the 10 newest notes in your + folder. As you process each note: add a link, add details, move them to the best folder, and delete everything that no longer sparks .

TABLE WITHOUT ID
 file.link as "",
 (date(today) - created).day as "Days alive"

FROM "+" and -#x/readme 

SORT created desc

LIMIT 10

[AlanG]

Well, date(today) is the start of today, so if your note is made at any point after midnight today then yes it will show a negative number of days, since the created time is in the future compared to midnight

You probably want date(now).

If you want it to be an integer instead of a number with decimal places, wrap it in floor. (None of this is to do with the plugin however, that’s all Dataview.)

floor((date(now) - created).day)

[oDDz]

Thanks alot. It seems to have fixed it and all is smooth and accurate.
You’re a lifesaver!

Now I just gotta figure out how to make a monthly changelog— like designed of that from a video game update— for all the notes I edited or created. Maybe there is a plugin or data table for that xD

Thanks again