od with date_format = "yyyy-mm-dd" only includes 1 digit for day

[technicalpickles]

Here's my osascript:

// step 1: specify daily note date format
// example 1: "yyyy-m-d"  if your date format looks like 1990-3-1
// example 2: "yymmdd"    if your date format looks like 900301
// example 3: "yy-m-dd"   if your date format looks like 90-3-01

// indicate your date format below by replacing "yyyy-mm-dd" with your format
date_format = "yyyy-mm-dd"; 

// step 2: specify vault name
v = "pickled-knowledge";

When I run od, I get:

Two other things that might be relevant:

• my daily notes go into a Daily/ folder
• I hadn't created a Daily Note yet (it fails with the same error even when it does exist)

[hauselin]

Hi @technicalpickles, thanks for letting me know. I've just fixed it.

Cool vault name, btw! ;)

[hauselin]

Also, if it's easier, in the osascript for today's note, you can simply replace the code after //don't need to edit the lines below with the code below. Other aspects of the workflow haven't changed.

// don't need to edit the lines below
date_format = date_format.toLowerCase();

// determine no. of y, m, d needed
n_y = date_format.split('y').length - 1;
n_m = date_format.split('m').length - 1;
n_d = date_format.split('d').length - 1;
y_char = "y".repeat(n_y);
m_char = "m".repeat(n_m);
d_char = "d".repeat(n_d);

// get today's date
today = new Date();
yyyy = today.getFullYear().toString();
mm = (today.getMonth() + 1).toString();
dd = today.getDate().toString();

// format date according to user specification (e.g., yy, m, d)
yyyy = yyyy.slice(4-n_y, 4);
if (mm.length == 1) {mm = mm.padStart(2, '0').slice(2-n_m, 2)};
if (dd.length == 1) {dd = dd.padStart(2, '0').slice(2-n_d, 2)};

date_format = date_format.replace(y_char, yyyy);
date_format = date_format.replace(m_char, mm);
date_format = date_format.replace(d_char, dd);

p = encodeURIComponent(v) + "&file=" + date_format + ".md";
uri = "obsidian://open?vault=" + p;

// get the current app to access the standard additions
app = Application.currentApplication();
app.includeStandardAdditions = true;

// open file in vault
app.openLocation(uri);
console.log(uri);

[technicalpickles]

Awesome, thanks! I had worked out a solution at about the same time, but without knowing about padStart 😅