Properties date & time issue

[Zarconoris]

Hi,

I have some trouble displaying date & time in latest Obsidian versions.

I set date&time in Mac with format dd/mm/yyyy

but propertis can’t display correctly:

Have I missed something?

[WhiteNoise]

yes, you can change the way dates are displayed via OS settings (which you did) but not the way we save them in YAML.

[Zarconoris]

Does that mean that I would have to modify dates in all my notes so that I can view them correctly in Properties?

[WhiteNoise]

yes

Properties: let the user customize the way Dates/Times are saved

This FR was created to capture the discussion related to letting the user choose in which format the dates of type “date & time” in properties are saved on file. Currently, we use ISO 8601, extended syntax, second resolution, local time. While the format chosen for the internal representation may be subject to minor changes in the future, we do not plan for having the users pick a different format. We would like to have fixed format to facilitate interoperability with outside software. If you…