Obsidian-frontmatter-modified-date: List of modified dates and times

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[This thread with AlanG is a continuation from: Automatically update last modified date in note - Share & showcase - Obsidian Forum]

A window popped up in the Obsidian Forum panel to the right of this messaging system as I started to reply and it said I could send a private message. So, I clicked on it, but I have no idea where this reply will go.

The following is the template I inserted into a new test note:

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The following is the result in reading view:

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It’s overwriting the Date Modified, rather than generating a list.

Now, the append_modified_update has a — sign.

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I did what you suggested, but it doesn’t show a “purple tick”.

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Click the minus sign to turn it into a tick.

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Who knew it would start a whole new thread! This isn’t a private message at all!

I hope that some other technology-challenged person like me knows that this digital conversation was continued somewhere else.

WOW! I just clicked on the minus sign and it turned into a purple checkmark. Now, I know what a “purple tick” is and how to generate it.

I also entered another test sentence and now it shows a list in the Date Modified field:

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In my main Obsidian vault, I have the {{date}} value as LLLL. I learned how to do this when I first started using Obsidian back in early 2021:

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For this test of your plugin (in an Obsidian test vault), I’ve used the Obsidian default Date Format in the “Template” settings.

  1. Will I need to change the Date Format back to the Obsidian default (in my main Obsidian vault) in order for your plugin to work correctly?

  2. If I do need to change my main Obsidian vault Date Format back to the default, will it affect any previous notes that had the {{date}} value inserted, or will only the new {{date}} inserts be affected?

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You don’t need to change anything, those dates and date formats are not connected in any way.

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The placement of this thread continuation was confusing. Moved out of Share/Showcase.

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AlanG, good to know. Thanks for your help!

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