Filter for entries from the same date in previous years

[DanaKirsh]

Feature Request

Would love to be able to see what I was doing today in previous years.

Use Case/Motivation

Facilitates reminiscing, which is a major reason many people keep a journal in the first place.

Example Usage

jrnl -reminisce

Result:

01-07-2015 21:00 Monty Python and the Holy Grail 
@movie

01-07-2016 20:00 Family @board-games night

01-07-2019 10:00 Graduated from uni

Would be nice to print (_ years ago) for each entry as well. Maybe like this?

01-07-2015 21:00 (5 years ago) Monty Python and the Holy Grail 
@movie

01-07-2016 20:00 (4 years ago) Family @board-games night

01-07-2019 10:00 (1 year ago) Graduated from uni

[KarimPwnz]

Love it! Will be working on it today.

[wren]

This is a great idea. Thank you, @DanaKirsh! And thanks @KarimPwnz for the day/month/year addition.

I'm not sure -reminisce is the right name, though. All of our other search filters are descriptors for the journal or entries you are searching for (-starred, -from, -to, etc), and -reminisce would be a descriptor for what the user is doing (rather than the entries that user is searching for).

Maybe something like -on-this-date or -today-in-history? Anyone have any suggestions?

[KarimPwnz]

I am a fan of -today-in-history! I can modify #1145 to have that.

[wren]

I am also leaning towards -today-in-history. @micahellison What do you think?

[micahellison]

I am absolutely onboard with -today-in-history too!