Input a date through a prompt window and then use it

[tegowai]

I have one usecase, where i (while applying one of templates) input the needed date and then use it... tp.date.now() does not suit me and i decided to do it manually

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insertDate.js
async function insertDate(tp) {
const mmnt = await tp.system.prompt("Enter the date (YYYY-MM-DD):");
tp.store.set("manualDate",mmnt);
}

module.exports = insertDate;

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manualDate.js
async function manualDate(tp,format) {
const storedDate = tp.store.get("manualDate");
if (storedDate) {
const mmnt = moment(storedDate);
return mmnt.format(format);
}
}

module.exports = manualDate;

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this template gives error

<% tp.user.insertDate(tp) %>

<% tp.user.manualDate("DD MMM YYYY, dddd") %>

i understand that insertDate has no time for saving the manually entered date in order to give it further to manualDate script. How can i solve this?

[AB1908]

Hmm this doesn't make much sense. That said, you could try this out: #1097

[AB1908]

Meant to link #1098 instead

[tegowai]

why doesn't make sense? I manually give yyyy-mm-dd date through the prompt - and i want to use it, parse it like i do with tp.date.now().

[AB1908]

I meant to say that I didn't follow your code. Does it actually work?

[tegowai]

I meant to say that I didn't follow your code. Does it actually work?

no, it doesn't. What it meant to do: i give a date through prompt in one script, it must somehow store this string globally for other script, which parses it and puts wherever it's needed in my template - that's all. But it gives some error - which, by the way, i cannot even check, because haven't found a way to open console window in obsidian

[Zachatoo]

To check for errors, first open the developer tools by pressing Ctrl-Shift-I on Windows/Linux or Cmd-Opt-I on macOS, and then go to the "Console" tab.