Creation date filter

[egauthier]

Add created filter to available filters. Could use the same syntax as "due" filter. This is assuming that the creation date is already stored somewhere I guess.

created (before|after|on) <date>

[claremacrae]

This is assuming that the creation date is already stored somewhere I guess.

It isn't.

Obsidian does provide a file creation date, although in my experience, it is often not accurate. It also has a file last-modified date.

And of course the file creation and modification dates are not relevant to all the tasks in any given file. Nor would they give the correct result if one moved a task from one file to another.

All this means that a new marker would need to be added to every task on creation, analogous to the ✅ and similar that it already supports. some might feel that this would clutter up their files, so it would probably need to be optional too - enabled by a setting if required.

An interesting challenge with adding the marker would be, how would the Tasks plugin know to add a marker? On my Mac, I can edit a file in the my Obsidian vault using any old text editor, even whilst Obsidian is not running.

How might the Tasks plugin then know to go back later on and add a marker to that task?

[schemar]

@egauthier you can check the documentation to see all available filters.

[egauthier]

@schemar Thanks. I did check the documentation, which is why I asked this. The current filters do not contain a "creation date"

[claremacrae]

I should have searched first. Search for "creation" in this plugin shows multiple earlier discussions:

[egauthier]

@claremacrae Thanks. I searched Issues, not discussions, sorry about that.

I'm just getting started with Obsidian, and not familiar with the internals or design philosophy. It sounds like the Tasks plugin uses the markers for search, and all data of a task is stored in the markdown text of the task itself. (i.e. no persistent storage in Obsidian vault itself, other than the plugin options themselves)?

[claremacrae]

@claremacrae Thanks. I searched Issues, not discussions, sorry about that.

@egauthier No apologies needed at all - the fact that others have asked as well does mean it would be a well-used feature.

I'm just getting started with Obsidian, and not familiar with the internals or design philosophy. It sounds like the Tasks plugin uses the markers for search, and all data of a task is stored in the markdown text of the task itself. (i.e. no persistent storage in Obsidian vault itself, other than the plugin options themselves)?

Yes, that is a way better and more succinct summary than what I wrote - and absolutely correct. Thank you!

[claremacrae]

The new optional created field was was released, in Tasks 2.0.0.

Example:
- [ ] take out the trash ➕ 2021-04-09

Docs:

• Adding the created field
  • please read, to see how to add the created date automatically, and known limitations
• Searching the created values

[egauthier]

This is awesome!!! Thank you!

I will test this out Today.