Ideas for representing notes as a chronology

[miguelmarcos]

Hi, @davecan. I just took a glance at that Stack article. File date stamps behave as I expect them to.

• If I move a file, the create date remains as is
• If I copy a file the create date of the new file is the creation date of the new copy
• If I modify a file the modify date changes but not the create date

[davecan]

My point is that when you migrate files from one computer to another the create date can be reset, so your chronology is disrupted.

[malecjan]

@miguelmarcos

@miguelmarcos

would also love to see an Obsidian feature or plugin that displays a chronological view of all notes, with the ability to toggle between creation and modification date and to look across the vault or a portion of the vault.

This functionality is already completely implemented in core Obsidian.
In global search, type two double quotes "" to search for empty string. This matches every file in a vault.
“Portion of the vault” is vague specification but maybe “path:” search operator is what you are looking for.
Sorting by creation/modification date can be done by ↑↓ icon above search input box.
There are also icons to modify amount of displayed content or to copy sorted list of filenames into clipboard.
In order to use it as additional plugin which does not require to close another opened list of search results, consider supporting request Allow Multiple search panes at the same time

[miguelmarcos]

Awesome. I wouldn’t call that elegant but it works. Thanks.

[rubslopes]

Have you tried searching for [[2020-12-03]]?