#1

The new template functionality doesn’t work with the daily notes plugin. Would be nice if it templating would work with it as well.

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#2

Revising this topic title for clarity and moving to feature requests.

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Format placeholders work only in templates, but not new daily notes from template
#3

Hi there, I was writing a bug report, and the (excellent) topic suggestion feature found this topic with the same problem as I had. See below for the detailed bug report I wrote.

I would love for this to be fixed!

Steps to reproduce

  • Open clean vault
  • Enable Daily notes plugin.
  • Make file: templates/daily.md.
  • Fill it with # {{date}}.
  • Configure Daily notes plugin to use templates/daily.md as template.
  • Click Open today’s note.

Expected result

A new file called 2020-09-07.md is created, with contents # 2020-09-07.

Actual result

A new file called 2020-09-07.md is created, with contents # {{date}}.

Environment

  • Operating system: macOS and Windows (tested both)
  • Obsidian version: 0.8.9

Additional information

  • When I hit the Insert template button it does insert the template correctly.
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#4

I was going to report the same!

My current Workaround

use the calendar plugin, and click the current day. This will trigger the template filling.

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#5

Raising this for visibility as well.

  • If I use CMD-P → Go to Today’s Daily Note (where a daily note doesn’t yet exist), the new note is created and the template items are not filled in in …
  • if I click the calendar on a day (where a daily note doesn’t yet exist), the note is created and the template items ARE filled in …
#6

This issue still exists exactly as described above. Just bumping this in case it got forgotten. :blush:

EDIT: Just found a solution in 3 basic questions - #14 by cristian which explains to use {{date:YYYY-MM-DD HH-MM}} and that works like a charm. Yay.