An Obsidian plugin that inserts a formatted list of dates at your cursor through a step-by-step wizard with a live preview.
Open the command palette and run Date List: Insert. The wizard walks you through each step, with a live preview panel on the right side of every screen updating as you make choices.
| Step | What you choose |
|---|---|
| Start date | Any date in natural language |
| Quantity | How many days / weeks / months to span |
| Time unit | Days, Weeks, or Months |
| Date format | Your default, ISO, short, or a custom Moment.js string |
| Wiki links | Wrap dates in [[...]] or leave as plain text |
| Alias (optional) | A display alias for each wiki link, e.g. [[2026-01-15|Thu, Jan 15]] |
| Prefix | None, - , - [ ] , or a custom prefix |
| Postfix | None, -, —, or a custom postfix |
The start date field accepts a wide range of inputs:
| Input | Resolves to |
|---|---|
today, tomorrow, yesterday |
Relative to now |
+7, -3 |
Days from today |
next monday |
Next occurrence of that weekday |
june 1, Jun 1st |
That date in the current year |
june 1, 2027 |
A specific date |
6/1, 6/1/2027 |
Month/day shorthand |
2027-06-01 |
ISO 8601 |
All picker screens support full keyboard control:
- ↑ / ↓ — move between options
- 1, 2, 3… — select by number
- Enter — confirm focused option
- Escape / ← — go back to the previous step
All wizard defaults are configurable under Settings → Date List. Your last-used choices are also saved automatically after each insert, so the wizard pre-fills with your previous selections.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Default start date | Pre-filled start date (e.g. today, +7, next monday) |
| Default date format | Moment.js format string shown as the first format option |
| Default quantity | Pre-filled quantity |
| Default time unit | Pre-selected unit (Days, Weeks, or Months) |
| Default wiki links | Whether to wrap dates in [[...]] by default |
| Default alias format | Moment.js format for the wiki link alias (leave blank for none) |
| Default prefix | Text prepended to each date by default |
| Default postfix | Text appended to each date by default |