FIX: support for metadata

README.md

@@ -23,4 +23,7 @@ In the calendar you can select the single days or the week number (on the left).
 
 The days tiles background gives an indication about how many notes were created or edited that day. The scale depends also on the average number of daily notes set in the settings.
 
-
+# Obsidian Sync Issues
+If you have Obsidian Sync, you might have noticed that synced file will have a creation timestamp corresponding to when they were synced to the other machines.
+In version 1.1.9 a couple of settings were added in order to work around this issue by (optionally) reading from the file metadata the actual creation date of the note.
+It is not mandatory that every note has a creation/modification date in the metadata, if it is missing the plugin will fallback to the file creation or modification date.

manifest-beta.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"id": "chronology",
 	"name": "Chronology",
-	"version": "1.1.8",
+	"version": "1.1.9",
 	"minAppVersion": "0.15.0",
 	"description": "Enables to have a calendat and a timeline of the activities",
 	"author": "Gabriele Cannata",

manifest.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"id": "chronology",
 	"name": "Chronology",
-	"version": "1.1.8",
+	"version": "1.1.9",
 	"minAppVersion": "0.15.0",
 	"description": "Provides a calendar and a timeline of the notes creation and modification",
 	"author": "Gabriele Cannata",

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "obsidian-chronologyn",
-	"version": "1.1.8",
+	"version": "1.1.9",
 	"description": "Obsidian.md plugin that Provides a calendar and a timeline of the notes creation and modification",
 	"main": "main.js",
 	"scripts": {

src/ChronologySettingTab.ts

@@ -92,6 +92,35 @@ export class ChronologySettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
 
 
             })
+
+        // add setting for creation date attribute
+        new Setting(this.containerEl)
+            .setName("Creation Date Attribute")
+            .setDesc("The name of the metadata attribute to use for creation date")
+            .addText(cb=>{
+                cb
+                .setValue(this.plugin.settings.creationDateAttribute || "")
+                .onChange(async (value)=>{
+                    this.plugin.settings.creationDateAttribute = value;
+                    await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+                    // this.display();
+                })
+            })
+
+        // add setting for modified date attribute
+        new Setting(this.containerEl)
+            .setName("Modified Date Attribute")
+            .setDesc("The name of the metadata attribute to use for modified date")
+            .addText(cb=>{
+                cb
+                .setValue(this.plugin.settings.modifiedDateAttribute || "")
+                .onChange(async (value)=>{
+                    this.plugin.settings.modifiedDateAttribute = value;
+                    await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+                    // this.display();
+                })
+            })
+
 
 	}
 

src/TimeIndex.ts

@@ -43,21 +43,47 @@ export class TimeIndex implements ITimeIndex {
         const { fromTime, toTime } = item.getTimeRange();
 
         let notes = allNotes.reduce<NoteAttributes[]>((acc, note) => {
-            const createdTime = moment(note.stat.ctime);
-            const modifiedTime = moment(note.stat.mtime);
+            let createdTime = moment(note.stat.ctime);
+            let modifiedTime = moment(note.stat.mtime);
+            const creationStr = getChronologySettings().creationDateAttribute;
+            const modifiedStr = getChronologySettings().modifiedDateAttribute;
+            if(creationStr || modifiedStr ){
+                const md = app.metadataCache.getFileCache(note);
+                if(md?.frontmatter){
+                    if(creationStr){
+                        const ctime = md.frontmatter[creationStr];
+                        if(ctime){
+                            createdTime = moment(ctime);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if(modifiedStr){
+                        const mtime = md.frontmatter[modifiedStr];
+                        if(mtime){
+                            modifiedTime = moment(mtime);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
 
             const matchCreated = createdTime.isBetween(fromTime, toTime);
             const matchModified = modifiedTime.isBetween(fromTime, toTime);
-            const timeDiffMs = Math.abs(note.stat.mtime - note.stat.ctime);
+            // use momentjs to find the time difference between createdTime and modifiedTime
+            const timeDiffMs = moment.duration(modifiedTime.diff(createdTime)).asMilliseconds();
+
+            // gets the createdTime as a number
+            const ctime = createdTime.valueOf();
+            const mtime = modifiedTime.valueOf();
+
+
             if (sortingStrategy === SortingStrategy.Mixed && matchCreated && matchModified && timeDiffMs > LIMIT_TIME_DIFF_MS) {
                 acc.push({
                     note,
-                    time: note.stat.ctime,
+                    time: ctime,
                     attribute: DateAttribute.Created
                 });
                 acc.push({
                     note,
-                    time: note.stat.mtime,
+                    time: mtime,
                     attribute: DateAttribute.Modified
                 });
                 return acc;
@@ -68,7 +94,7 @@ export class TimeIndex implements ITimeIndex {
             ) {
                 acc.push({
                     note,
-                    time: note.stat.ctime,
+                    time: ctime,
                     attribute: DateAttribute.Created
                 });
                 return acc;
@@ -78,7 +104,7 @@ export class TimeIndex implements ITimeIndex {
             ) {
                 acc.push({
                     note,
-                    time: note.stat.mtime,
+                    time: mtime,
                     attribute: DateAttribute.Modified
                 });
                 return acc

src/main.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ interface ChronologyPluginSettings {
     useSimpleList: boolean;
     groupItemsInSameSlot: boolean;
     firstDayOfWeek: number;
+    creationDateAttribute?: string;
+    modifiedDateAttribute?: string;
 }
 
 const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: ChronologyPluginSettings = {
@@ -21,7 +23,9 @@ const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: ChronologyPluginSettings = {
     avgDailyNotes: 3,
     useSimpleList: false,
     groupItemsInSameSlot: false,
-    firstDayOfWeek: -1 // locale default
+    firstDayOfWeek: -1, // locale default
+    creationDateAttribute: "",
+    modifiedDateAttribute: ""
 }
 
 let expSettings: ChronologyPluginSettings;