MentisCell – Notes Best Practices: Dates

Summary

Dates are critical metadata.
They should always be explicit in notes, using ISO-8601 format for consistency and automation.

Link to this note

MentisCell – Notes Best Practices: Dates

Content

• Do not rely on OS metadata.
• Use ISO-8601 (YYYY-MM-DD) for dates.
• Recommended fields:
  • created
  • modified
  • date
  • week, weekday, weekyear
  • month, monthyear
  • quarter, quarteryear
  • year
• Automate with Templater and Linter plugins.
• Even if derivable, keep explicit fields for filtering and queries.

Essence

• Dates = traceability.
• ISO-8601 ensures automation and sorting.
• Explicit > implicit.

Interconnections

• Hub – Notes Best Practices
• Metadata and input quality
• Time tracking and durations
• Managing time in notes

Tags

#dates #metadata #bestpractices #mentiscraft

Contributors

Created with the support of Microsoft Copilot on 2025-10-04.
Validated and edited by Jorge Godoy.

Source or Origin of Information

• Original - Notes Best Practices