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#1

I’m currently working on adding new note templates to Joplin. Currently what I’ve implemented is the ability to add plain templates with some automatic insertion (currently just date and time). I realize that this feature is probably looked at quite differently by each user of Joplin and I was hoping that could get some people on the forum to outline how they would use this feature so I can ensure that as many workflows as possible are supported.

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For example, I would use this feature to track my hours on a specific project with a template like this

Date: {{date}}
Hours:
Details:

where {{date}} would be replaced with today’s date.
I would be able to select this template while creating a new note and that note would have the contents.

Date: 2019-06-15
Hours:
Details:

How would you like to use this feature?

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#2

I would expect each user will have different needs in terms of date format, so maybe it would mean supporting some kind of function. For example, {{date("d/mY")}} although it’s not standard Mustache.

#3

Currently the format used is the same as the one from settings. using mustache syntax it should be possible to allow custom date strings thought, I’ll take a look.

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#4

This is an awesome feature, thank you for adding this in!! Quick question… I haven’t used mustache formatting before, is there a way to format date and time in the template? For example:

Year-Month-Date Hour:Min
2019-09-01 18:38

Or,
Year-Month-Date Hour:Min (AM/PM)
2019-09-01 6:38 PM

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#5

Yes that’s possible, please check the Joplin website and specifically the part about custom_datetime. Also @dpoulton kindly gathered a list of supported formats

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#6

Oh wow I am super blind - I thought I read all of the documentation and FAQ pages before commenting. Thank you!!! :slight_smile:

#7

Does this work in the terminal application? If not can/will it at some point? I’d be interested in helping implement it if it’s not too advanced of a task.

#8

Would this have to be limited to date and time and similar entries, or could it include bulleted lists, pre-formated tables, font sizes and all the rest ?

#9

The templates are markdown, so you should be able to put all sorts of things in there. I have only testes with using headers, list items, and bullets, but I imagine any valid Joplin markdown works.

In case you, or anyone else is wondering, you make templates by going to File > Templates > Open Templates directory. In that directory, create a markdown file (ends in .md ). Then, click Refresh Templates to have it appear in the list of available templates.

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#10

That does help, markdown is probably easy enough, but since I never use it (not in Joplin nor elsewhere) it didn't occur to me that I could use anything in that folder and Joplin would interpret as a template. Big .... "heart" for that.

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