Natural Language Dates in Obsidian

Install the Natural Language Dates plugin

Open the Obsidian Settings

Click on the Settings icon in the bottom left of the screen.

Example note settings
Open the settings menu

Go to the Community plugins

Click on the Community plugins tab in the left menu.

Push Turn on community plugins.

Community plugins tab

Browse community plugins

Click on the browse button.

browse community plugins
Plugin browse screen

Install Obsidian Natural Language Dates

Push install in the plugin window.

natural language dates
Install Plugin

Enable Obsidian Natural Language Dates

Push enable in the plugin window.

natural language dates enable
Enable plugin

Obsidian Natural Language Dates Settings

Push options in the plugin window.

natural language dates settings
Plugin settings

Settings

Parser settings

Select the date format you want.

I recommend using the default setting, shown in the image below.

Week start can also be customized.

natural language dates parser settings
Date settings

Hotkey settings

Select the time format you want.

I recommend using the default setting, shown in the image below.

A separator can also be customized.

natural language dates hotkey settings
Hotkey settings

Enable auto-suggest.

Enable date links if you want the output to be a backlink.

Customize the trigger for the autosuggest dropdown.

Autosuggest settings

Autosuggest dropdown

Use the symbol trigger on a page to open the dropdown menu.

autosuggest dropdown
Autosuggest dropdown

Example uses

In suggestions

Typing in after the trigger will show time options.

autosuggest in dropdown
Autosuggest in options

Number suggestions

Typing a number after the trigger will show time options.

autosuggest number dropdown
Autosuggest number options

Next suggestions

Typing next after the trigger will show time options.

autosuggest next selections
Autosuggest next options

Last suggestions

Typing last after the trigger will show time options.

autosuggest last suggestions
Autosuggest in options

Daily note link

Using the date as link setting a link can be made to a daily note.

daily note link with natural language dates
Autosuggest in options

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