Date Suggest

Quickly insert dates in Obsidian using an @ trigger — no more typing out today's date by hand.

Features

• Type @ (or your custom trigger) anywhere in a note to open the date suggester
• Instant shortcuts: Today, Tomorrow, Yesterday
• Natural language: Type @next monday, @in 3 days, @2 weeks ago (optional setting)
• Calendar picker: Choose any date from a visual calendar popup with keyboard navigation
• Wikilink support: Optionally wrap inserted dates in [[ ]] or preserve aliases like [[date|Today]]
• Time support: Append the current time alongside dates (optional setting)
• Customizable format: Use any Moment.js date/time format string
• First day of week: Override locale defaults for the calendar grid
• Smart triggering: Only activates when the trigger follows whitespace or starts a line
• Command palette commands: Insert today's date or open the date picker without typing the trigger

Usage

1. In any note, type @ (or your configured trigger phrase).
2. A suggest menu appears with options:
   • View calendar — opens a date picker popup
   • Today — inserts today's date
   • Tomorrow — inserts tomorrow's date
   • Yesterday — inserts yesterday's date
3. Use arrow keys to navigate, Enter to select, or keep typing to filter results.
4. In the calendar popup:
   • ← → ↑ ↓ to navigate days
   • Enter to select the highlighted date
   • Escape to close without inserting

Settings

Setting	Description	Default
Date format	Moment.js format string for inserted dates	DD-MM-YYYY
Trigger phrase	Character(s) that open the suggest menu	@
Insert as link	Wrap inserted dates in [[wikilinks]]	false
First day of week	Calendar grid start day	Locale default
Enable time	Append current time when inserting dates	false
Time format	Moment.js format string for appended time	HH:mm
Keep alias	Preserve original text as link alias [[date|Today]]	false
Enable natural language	Allow phrases like "next friday" or "in 3 days"	false

Command Palette

Two commands are available even without typing the trigger:

• Insert today's date — inserts the current date at the cursor position
• Open date picker — opens the calendar popup at the cursor position

Installation

From Community Plugins (once published)

1. Open Settings → Community Plugins
2. Turn on Safe Mode if prompted
3. Click Browse and search for "Date Suggest"
4. Click Install, then Enable

Manual Installation

1. Download the latest release from GitHub
2. Extract the archive into your Obsidian vault's .obsidian/plugins/obsidian-date-suggest/ folder
3. Ensure main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css are present
4. Open Settings → Community Plugins and enable Date Suggest

Development

npm install
npm run build

Author

Made by jd-paul.

License

MIT