elektroneo / obsidian-timestamper

A plugin for Obsidian to quickly insert customized date- and time-stamps to the currently active note

Time Stamper - Obsidian Plugin

Add time- or date stamps to your note:

• Two format strings can be pre-configured in the plugin settings (and inserted via command or hot-key)
• An ad-hoc customized time stamp can be inserted via a dialog (last recently used format is saved and provided as suggestion)

Desktop as well as mobile versions of Obsidian are supported.

Plugin Settings

The plugin comes with some options for configuration:

• A default template string for quick-insert of a time stamp (via command or configurable hot-key)
• A default template string for quick-insert of a date stamp (via command or configurable hot-key)
• An option to specify if a line-break should be added after the inserted time/date stamp automatically

Hotkey Configuration

Hot-Keys can be configured for in the Obsidian Hotkeys-Options Page for quick access to the following commands:

• Open dialog to enter a custom time/date format string
• Insert pre-defined time stamp
• Insert pre-defined date stamp

Format String

The plugin uses moment.js which comes with Obsidian by default, hence all known tokens from moment.js can be used to create your customized time/date stamp: Full ist of supported tokens

	Token	Output
Month	M	1 2 ... 11 12
	Mo	1st 2nd ... 11th 12th
	MM	01 02 ... 11 12
	MMM	Jan Feb ... Nov Dec
	MMMM	January February ... November December
Quarter	Q	1 2 3 4
	Qo	1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Day of Month	D	1 2 ... 30 31
	Do	1st 2nd ... 30th 31st
	DD	01 02 ... 30 31
Day of Year	DDD	1 2 ... 364 365
	DDDo	1st 2nd ... 364th 365th
	DDDD	001 002 ... 364 365
Day of Week	d	0 1 ... 5 6
	do	0th 1st ... 5th 6th
	dd	Su Mo ... Fr Sa
	ddd	Sun Mon ... Fri Sat
	dddd	Sunday Monday ... Friday Saturday
Day of Week (Locale)	e	0 1 ... 5 6
Day of Week (ISO)	E	1 2 ... 6 7
Week of Year	w	1 2 ... 52 53
	wo	1st 2nd ... 52nd 53rd
	ww	01 02 ... 52 53
Week of Year (ISO)	W	1 2 ... 52 53
	Wo	1st 2nd ... 52nd 53rd
	WW	01 02 ... 52 53
Year	YY	70 71 ... 29 30
	YYYY	1970 1971 ... 2029 2030
Era Year	y	1 2 ... 2020 ...
Week Year	gg	70 71 ... 29 30
	gggg	1970 1971 ... 2029 2030
Week Year (ISO)	GG	70 71 ... 29 30
	GGGG	1970 1971 ... 2029 2030
AM/PM	A	AM PM
	a	am pm
Hour	H	0 1 ... 22 23
	HH	00 01 ... 22 23
	h	1 2 ... 11 12
	hh	01 02 ... 11 12
	k	1 2 ... 23 24
	kk	01 02 ... 23 24
Minute	m	0 1 ... 58 59
	mm	00 01 ... 58 59
Second	s	0 1 ... 58 59
	ss	00 01 ... 58 59
Fractional Second	S	0 1 ... 8 9
	SS	00 01 ... 98 99
	SSS	000 001 ... 998 999
	SSSS ... SSSSSSSSS	000[0..] 001[0..] ... 998[0..] 999[0..]
Time Zone	z or zz	EST CST ... MST PST
	Z	-07:00 -06:00 ... +06:00 +07:00
	ZZ	-0700 -0600 ... +0600 +0700
Unix Timestamp	X	1360013296
Unix Millisecond Timestamp	x	1,36001E+12