I would like to set the title of a template to just the current date, but it seems like it’s not possible. Is there a specific metadata syntax to specify the title?

There isn’t, but Joplin should will take the first line of text to be the title of none is provided. You can just put the date there.

It seems like it uses the title as the first line only when exporting. It does not take the first line of an imported .md file as title. I just get a note with a blank title and the rest in the body when I attempt that. I have tried to input some metadata according to MMD format but it doesn’t seem…

@Aeter have you checked the issue tracker on GitHub for that? Sounds like a bug

@Aeter It seems like maybe I’m misunderstanding what you are asking about. So let me clarify what I meant and perhaps it will solve you problem, or you can let me know what you need. When creating a new note in Joplin (either from a template or blank) if the title is left empty than the title field…

@CalebJohn , i could be wrong, but I’m getting the impression that he’s asking why importing notes with no title doesn’t automatically fill in a title from the first line. If what you said is true, that makes sense, but could there be an option to fill in a title on import if it’s blank? At least tha…

This is the behavior I want, but it seems like it doesn’t happen in my case. When I start editing the body, the title switches to Untitled. I’m working with very simple templates structured like # {{#custom_datetime}}MMMM DD, YYYY{{/custom_datetime}} {{time}} Actually this happens with all note…

Oops right, this was an issue introduced by an update a little while back. It should be fixed in the latest version (v1.0.201). If you update and still have issues we can re-open that bug report.

I don’t think this is possible since importing a markdown down pulls the title from the filename. Maybe it’s possible to have an empty filename in a jex archive, but that almost seems like intended behavior.

I can confirm that it’s fixed in the latest update. It works correctly now. Thanks!

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betternote 18 February 2022 07:52 20

Hi @Ronny
you could find the codes for time formatting in this topic.

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