Template StringReplace for auto-generated values (e.g. tp.file.title)

[Gewerd-Strauss]

Hello,

For my daily notes, I use a simple template for navigating and auto-correlation:

#<% tp.file.title %>
<< [[<% tp.date.now("DD.MM.YYYY",-1,tp.file.title,"DD.MM.YYYY") %>]] || [[<% tp.date.now("DD.MM.YYYY",1,tp.file.title,"DD.MM.YYYY") %>]] >>
bunch of other stuff, not necessary for this

Files are created via the Calendar-plugin, residing in DailyNotes/YYYY/MM MMMM/DD.MM.YYYY.md. So we get Year-folders that are purely numeric (2022), monthly subfolders which autosort (01 January, 02 February), and finally the file-name themselves (25.01.2022.md)

Now, I am currently using the #<% tp.file.title %>-portion to create a partial tag #01.02.2022. I then manually convert that to #2022-02. And in principle I could do so with a custom Autohotkey-script, mostly using RegEx and a bit of logic to get the right position myself. But... that seems like a bit overkill, because I believe it can be achieved in JS as well.

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Now, I ask if it is possible to get this step done in templater itself. I unfortunately also have no knowledge about coding in JS, so I am a bit at a loss as to how one would even go about setting up custom functions. I know it's possible as per the plugin's description, but I lack even the barest knowledge for JS.

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Thank you,
Sincerely,
~Gw

[I-Pch]

Hi @Gewerd-Strauss 😊

If I understand correctly, you want to display in your daily note a #tag formatted as #YYYY-MM (at the creation of the daily note)? 😇

If so, this can be done simply with this small template :

<% tp.date.now("#YYYY-MM",0,tp.file.title,"DD.MM.YYYY") %>

or this one:

<% moment(tp.file.title,'DD.MM.YYYY').format('#YYYY-MM') %>

Like for the navigation you already use they rely on the title of your daily notes and how they are formatted 😊

Now, I'm sorry in advance if I misunderstood your question and this is not what you were looking for 😅...

[Gewerd-Strauss]

Hui, that worked flawlessly.

Thank you :)

[I-Pch]

No problem @Gewerd-Strauss 😁 !
I'm glad to know it worked 🎉 !