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October 1, 2022 19:04
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Sets obsidian notes creation date based on "created_at" field in metadata. Works for all notes in certain dir recursively. Modify date same as date of creation. Time is always 00:00.
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| import os | |
| import glob | |
| def modify_file_date(f): | |
| with open(f) as file: | |
| for l in file.readlines(): | |
| if (l[:11] == "created_at:"): | |
| try: | |
| dt = l[11:].replace("\n", "").replace('"', '').replace(' ', '').split(".") | |
| dt = dt[2] + dt[1] + dt[0] + '0000.00' | |
| os.system(f"touch -mat {dt} '{f}'") | |
| break | |
| except: | |
| break | |
| f_list = glob.glob(r'/Users/username/Notes/*/*.md') | |
| for fl in f_list: | |
| modify_file_date(fl) |
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