Dynamic Stamp

Inline timestamps for Obsidian whose day label stays alive.

Stamp a note today and it reads Today 11:50 AM. Open the same note tomorrow — it reads Yesterday 11:50 AM. A week later — Thursday 11:50 AM. The time you wrote never changes; the day label updates itself every time you open the file.

Built for journaling, work logs, meeting notes, and any place a sense of when matters.

Why Dynamic Stamp

Most date plugins freeze the text at the moment you type: [[2026-05-23]] is forever 2026-05-23. Dynamic Stamp goes the other way — the underlying timestamp is stored once, and the visible day label re-renders relative to today every time you read the note.

Features

• Type @now → full inline timestamp, e.g. Today 11:50 AM
• Type @today or @yesterday → day label only (then type your own time)
• Self-updating day labels: Today → Yesterday → weekday → date as time passes
• The original time you stamped is preserved forever — only the day label moves
• 12-hour or 24-hour time format
• Optional muted gray styling
• Works in Live Preview and Reading view, desktop and mobile
• Trigger phrase is customizable (default @now)
• Lightweight, no network calls, no telemetry

Install

Dynamic Stamp is not in the Obsidian community plugin browser yet. Install manually:

1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest release.
2. Copy them into YOUR_VAULT/.obsidian/plugins/dynamic-stamp/.
3. Open Settings → Community plugins, enable community plugins, and turn on Dynamic Stamp.

Usage

Trigger	Inserts
@now (configurable)	Full timestamp, e.g. Today 11:50 AM
@today	Today — then type your own time
@yesterday	Yesterday — then type your own time

Configure trigger phrase, time format, and styling under Settings → Dynamic Stamp.

How the day label ages

Age when you re-open the note	Label shown
Same day	Today
Previous day	Yesterday
2 – 6 days ago	Weekday name (e.g. Thursday)
7+ days ago	Short date (e.g. May 15, adds year if needed)

The clock time you stamped never changes. Only the day word in front of it does.

Prefer fully static text? Turn off Relative day labels in settings; stamps then read exactly as written.

Privacy

No data leaves your vault. No network requests, no analytics, no tracking. Stamps are plain HTML stored in your markdown files; uninstalling the plugin leaves them readable.

Development

Requires Node.js.

npm install
npm run build    # production build → main.js
npm run dev      # watch mode
npm test         # unit + stress tests

To test locally, copy main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css into your vault's .obsidian/plugins/dynamic-stamp/ folder and reload the plugin.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.