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

I’d like to request that the Properties type “date” format be customizable with a format string, as you can do with templates and the document name for daily note.

The reason: I want notes using the Date property type to link back the Daily Note for that day.

My Daily Note titles take the format YYYY-MM-DD dd. For example, today’s daily note is titled 2023-11-20 Mo.

However, the format for the Date property type is YYYY-MM-DD.

I’d like for the backlinks or unlinked mention part of the daily note to show any notes with that day’s property type. To do that, the property type date format would need to be identical to the daily note date format. The format for the Property date should be user-configurable, the same way the Daily Notes title format is user-configurable.

I’m on a Mac, and also use Obsidian on the iPad and (rarely) iPhone.

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