# Show creation and update date **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature archive\ **Created:** [May 23, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/show-creation-and-update-date/341 "2020-05-23T19:07:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![maartin](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@maartin](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/maartin)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/show-creation-and-update-date/341/1 "2020-05-23T19:07:13Z")
I cannot find the creation and update time of a note inside Obsidian. I can sort by `edit time`, but neither in the note itself nor in the explorer can one see the dates. I marked three places where I could expect dates to be shown. Of course this could be a setting, so minimalists could hide the dates. ![Image 2020-05-23 21-05-06](https://forum.obsidian.md/uploads/default/original/1X/d926fd29003d09237f0e101d9265957dd59e1558.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Raphomet](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/raphomet/32/3738_2.png) [@Raphomet](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Raphomet)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/show-creation-and-update-date/341/2 "2020-08-29T20:00:45Z")
+1 to this! These dates are useful metadata for me to “date” ideas that I write about. They also help contextualize loose meeting notes. My current workaround is to navigate to my .md files in my file explorer (Finder, OSX), which takes many steps. ---
**Author:** ![Gadwood](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Gadwood](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Gadwood)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/show-creation-and-update-date/341/3 "2020-08-29T20:50:05Z")
+1 good idea ---
**Author:** ![d00b](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/d00b/32/1675_2.png) [@d00b](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/d00b)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 9:56am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/show-creation-and-update-date/341/4 "2020-09-21T09:56:43Z")
(Feature Request) Keep it simple and minimal yet we still have the **Last Edited Date/timestamp upon Mouseover the note icon/title**. ![last edited mouse over](https://forum.obsidian.md/uploads/default/original/2X/9/920d9981d0e41f58a104506bfeb4752340520b69.jpeg) ` ` related request [Automatically List Current Date and Track Time?](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/automatically-list-current-date-and-track-time/1641/2) by @LePeaRoast, @NorthernScott #last-edited-date ---
**Author:** ![xplosionmind](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/xplosionmind/32/14808_2.png) [@xplosionmind](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/xplosionmind)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/show-creation-and-update-date/341/5 "2020-11-13T14:38:51Z")
`+1` by me, too! I’m surprised that a metadata panel isn’t displayed… I come from Joplin, where there’s a little `i` icon on the upper right with creation date, last modified date, number of words, of characters, etc. Allow me to drop a screenshot for inspiration: ![Joplin-metadata-popup](https://forum.obsidian.md/uploads/default/original/2X/b/b8e6c1fca0fa9d1bb831e232aeebf798203cc4f0.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![alehandrof](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/alehandrof/32/5430_2.png) [@alehandrof](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/alehandrof)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/show-creation-and-update-date/341/6 "2020-11-13T14:59:13Z")
I’d love for a plugin (if not core) that would maintain a “created” and “updated” fields in YAML front matter for each note, and display it available via a command (like the Joplin UI shared above). ---
**Author:** ![xplosionmind](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/xplosionmind/32/14808_2.png) [@xplosionmind](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/xplosionmind)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/show-creation-and-update-date/341/7 "2020-11-13T15:03:22Z")
> [@alehandrof](#): > > maintain a “created” and “updated” fields in YAML front matter for each note Exactly. This would be a gift for static generator website users, too! ---
**Author:** ![malecjan](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@malecjan](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/malecjan)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/show-creation-and-update-date/341/8 "2020-12-15T16:12:18Z")
Also discussed in thread: [Improve date and time management](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/improve-date-and-time-management/8543) ---
**Author:** ![obsequious](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obsequious](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/obsequious)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 11:40am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/show-creation-and-update-date/341/9 "2021-10-05T11:40:10Z")
@alehandrof > I’d love for a plugin (if not core) that would maintain a “created” and “updated” fields in YAML front matter for each note, and display it available via a command (like the Joplin UI shared above). > **[GitHub - beaussan/update-time-on-edit-obsidian](https://github.com/beaussan/update-time-on-edit-obsidian)** > > Contribute to beaussan/update-time-on-edit-obsidian development by creating an account on GitHub. ---
**Author:** ![Waltzzz](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/waltzzz/32/21019_2.png) [@Waltzzz](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Waltzzz)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/show-creation-and-update-date/341/10 "2021-10-22T13:15:24Z")
+1 (My first post here - using Obsidian for 2 days ❤) ---
**Author:** ![MattyJ](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/mattyj/32/11780_2.png) [@MattyJ](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/MattyJ)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/show-creation-and-update-date/341/11 "2021-11-18T21:07:30Z")
Yeah, this is functionally relevant. When I go back into a note, I need some way to understand which linked mentions, coming from daily note sources, have already been incorporated and which have not. I would start with the linked daily notes that were written after the last modified date of the note. The work around to understand this would be to constantly keep this updated in yaml. Better to just be able to access it in the menu… even the command menu/hot key would work. ---
**Author:** ![loiho](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@loiho](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/loiho)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 3:53am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/show-creation-and-update-date/341/12 "2021-11-19T03:53:16Z")
**Linter** Plugin supports you to display created date and modified date every time you save your note (press ctrl+s) ---
**Author:** ![nlamont](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/nlamont/32/19492_2.png) [@nlamont](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/nlamont)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/show-creation-and-update-date/341/13 "2022-01-05T12:41:22Z")
Yes please to this! ---
**Author:** ![Rinthe](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/rinthe/32/11539_2.png) [@Rinthe](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Rinthe)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/show-creation-and-update-date/341/14 "2022-02-03T00:26:34Z")
Yea this will be very useful! ---
**Author:** ![pcet](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pcet](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/pcet)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/show-creation-and-update-date/341/15 "2022-04-28T14:43:48Z")
Please ! I can’t migrate from Joplin because date in YAML frontmatter is not considered ---
**Author:** ![Mat\_35](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@Mat\_35](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Mat_35)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/show-creation-and-update-date/341/16 "2022-04-29T14:30:49Z")
+1 I approve ---
**Author:** ![HITshrink](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/hitshrink/32/32513_2.png) [@HITshrink](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/HITshrink)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/show-creation-and-update-date/341/17 "2022-08-07T17:23:11Z")
+1 please nvalt is a good example of sorting _and displaying_ by modification date (or creation date). Obsidian can sort by these w/File Explorer, but not display. The use case to see last mod dates in a list of files is super helpful. ---
**Author:** ![nancj](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@nancj](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/nancj)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/show-creation-and-update-date/341/18 "2022-08-29T15:18:02Z")
+1 also want this feature ---
**Author:** ![obsequious](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obsequious](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/obsequious)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 1:56am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/show-creation-and-update-date/341/19 "2022-08-30T01:56:36Z")
See [GitHub - CattailNu/obsidian-file-info-panel-plugin: This plugin for Obsidian creates a small File Info view that displays the active file's date created, date modified, file size, and links to open the file in its native application and to open the file's folder.](https://github.com/CattailNu/obsidian-file-info-panel-plugin) ---
**Author:** ![Mann](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@Mann](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Mann)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 3:43am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/show-creation-and-update-date/341/20 "2022-09-22T03:43:50Z")
thank you for mentioning Linter. having to press ctrl+s to gain the ability to have obsidian automatically update the front matter is a non-issue. [Next page](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/show-creation-and-update-date/341.md?page=2)