feat: add created date to task

src/Commands/CreateOrEditTaskParser.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { Priority, Task, TaskRegularExpressions } from '../Task';
 import { DateFallback } from '../DateFallback';
 import { StatusRegistry } from '../StatusRegistry';
 import { TaskLocation } from '../TaskLocation';
+import { getSettings } from '../Config/Settings';
 
 /**
  * Read any markdown line and treat it as a task, for the purposes of
@@ -30,12 +31,20 @@ export const taskFromLine = ({ line, path }: { line: string; path: string }): Ta
         return task;
     }
 
+    const { setCreatedDate } = getSettings();
+    let createdDate: moment.Moment | null = null;
+    if (setCreatedDate) {
+        console.dir(window.moment());
+        createdDate = window.moment();
+    }
+
     // If we are not on a line of a task, we take what we have.
     // The non-task line can still be a checklist, for example if it is lacking the global filter.
     const nonTaskMatch = line.match(TaskRegularExpressions.nonTaskRegex);
     if (nonTaskMatch === null) {
         // Should never happen; everything in the regex is optional.
         console.error('Tasks: Cannot create task on line:', line);
+
         return new Task({
             status: Status.TODO,
             description: '',
@@ -53,6 +62,7 @@ export const taskFromLine = ({ line, path }: { line: string; path: string }): Ta
             tags: [],
             originalMarkdown: '',
             scheduledDateIsInferred: false,
+            createdDate,
         });
     }
 
@@ -88,5 +98,6 @@ export const taskFromLine = ({ line, path }: { line: string; path: string }): Ta
         originalMarkdown: '',
         // Not needed since the inferred status is always re-computed after submitting.
         scheduledDateIsInferred: false,
+        createdDate,
     });
 };

src/Config/Settings.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export interface Settings {
     globalFilter: string;
     removeGlobalFilter: boolean;
     setDoneDate: boolean;
+    setCreatedDate: boolean;
     autoSuggestInEditor: boolean;
     autoSuggestMinMatch: number;
     autoSuggestMaxItems: number;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ const defaultSettings: Settings = {
     globalFilter: '',
     removeGlobalFilter: false,
     setDoneDate: true,
+    setCreatedDate: false,
     autoSuggestInEditor: true,
     autoSuggestMinMatch: 0,
     autoSuggestMaxItems: 6,

src/Config/SettingsTab.ts

@@ -125,6 +125,17 @@ export class SettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
                 });
             });
 
+        new Setting(containerEl)
+            .setName('Set created date on every added task')
+            .setDesc('Enabling this will add a timestamp ➕ YYYY-MM-DD at the end when a task is created')
+            .addToggle((toggle) => {
+                const settings = getSettings();
+                toggle.setValue(settings.setCreatedDate).onChange(async (value) => {
+                    updateSettings({ setCreatedDate: value });
+                    await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+                });
+            });
+
         new Setting(containerEl)
             .setName('Use filename as Scheduled date for undated tasks')
             .setDesc(

src/Task.ts

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ export const prioritySymbols = {
 
 export const recurrenceSymbol = '🔁';
 export const startDateSymbol = '🛫';
+export const createdDateSymbol = '➕';
 export const scheduledDateSymbol = '⏳';
 export const dueDateSymbol = '📅';
 export const doneDateSymbol = '✅';
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ export class TaskRegularExpressions {
     // removed from the end until none are left.
     public static readonly priorityRegex = /([⏫🔼🔽])$/u;
     public static readonly startDateRegex = /🛫 *(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})$/u;
+    public static readonly createdDateRegex = /➕ *(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})$/u;
     public static readonly scheduledDateRegex = /[⏳⌛] *(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})$/u;
     public static readonly dueDateRegex = /[📅📆🗓] *(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})$/u;
     public static readonly doneDateRegex = /✅ *(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})$/u;
@@ -132,6 +134,7 @@ export class Task {
     public readonly scheduledDate: Moment | null;
     public readonly dueDate: Moment | null;
     public readonly doneDate: Moment | null;
+    public readonly createdDate: Moment | null;
 
     public readonly recurrence: Recurrence | null;
     /** The blockLink is a "^" annotation after the dates/recurrence rules. */
@@ -163,6 +166,7 @@ export class Task {
         tags,
         originalMarkdown,
         scheduledDateIsInferred,
+        createdDate,
     }: {
         status: Status;
         description: string;
@@ -179,6 +183,7 @@ export class Task {
         tags: string[] | [];
         originalMarkdown: string;
         scheduledDateIsInferred: boolean;
+        createdDate: moment.Moment | null;
     }) {
         this.status = status;
         this.description = description;
@@ -194,6 +199,7 @@ export class Task {
         this.scheduledDate = scheduledDate;
         this.dueDate = dueDate;
         this.doneDate = doneDate;
+        this.createdDate = createdDate;
 
         this.recurrence = recurrence;
         this.blockLink = blockLink;
@@ -264,6 +270,7 @@ export class Task {
         let scheduledDateIsInferred = false;
         let dueDate: Moment | null = null;
         let doneDate: Moment | null = null;
+        let createdDate: Moment | null = null;
         let recurrenceRule: string = '';
         let recurrence: Recurrence | null = null;
         let tags: any = [];
@@ -323,6 +330,13 @@ export class Task {
                 matched = true;
             }
 
+            const createdDateMatch = description.match(TaskRegularExpressions.createdDateRegex);
+            if (createdDateMatch !== null) {
+                createdDate = window.moment(createdDateMatch[1], TaskRegularExpressions.dateFormat);
+                description = description.replace(TaskRegularExpressions.createdDateRegex, '').trim();
+                matched = true;
+            }
+
             const recurrenceMatch = description.match(TaskRegularExpressions.recurrenceRegex);
             if (recurrenceMatch !== null) {
                 // Save the recurrence rule, but *do not parse it yet*.
@@ -394,6 +408,7 @@ export class Task {
             tags,
             originalMarkdown: line,
             scheduledDateIsInferred,
+            createdDate,
         });
     }
 
@@ -444,6 +459,11 @@ export class Task {
                 return layout.options.shortMode
                     ? ' ' + startDateSymbol
                     : ` ${startDateSymbol} ${this.startDate.format(TaskRegularExpressions.dateFormat)}`;
+            case 'createdDate':
+                if (!this.createdDate) return '';
+                return layout.options.shortMode
+                    ? ' ' + createdDateSymbol
+                    : ` ${createdDateSymbol} ${this.createdDate.format(TaskRegularExpressions.dateFormat)}`;
             case 'scheduledDate':
                 if (!this.scheduledDate || this.scheduledDateIsInferred) return '';
                 return layout.options.shortMode

src/TaskLayout.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export class LayoutOptions {
     hideTaskCount: boolean = false;
     hideBacklinks: boolean = false;
     hidePriority: boolean = false;
+    hideCreatedDate: boolean = false;
     hideStartDate: boolean = false;
     hideScheduledDate: boolean = false;
     hideDoneDate: boolean = false;
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ export type TaskLayoutComponent =
     | 'description'
     | 'priority'
     | 'recurrenceRule'
+    | 'createdDate'
     | 'startDate'
     | 'scheduledDate'
     | 'dueDate'
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ export class TaskLayout {
         'description',
         'priority',
         'recurrenceRule',
+        'createdDate',
         'startDate',
         'scheduledDate',
         'dueDate',
@@ -81,6 +84,7 @@ export class TaskLayout {
         let newComponents = this.layoutComponents;
         newComponents = removeIf(newComponents, layoutOptions.hidePriority, 'priority');
         newComponents = removeIf(newComponents, layoutOptions.hideRecurrenceRule, 'recurrenceRule');
+        newComponents = removeIf(newComponents, layoutOptions.hideCreatedDate, 'createdDate');
         newComponents = removeIf(newComponents, layoutOptions.hideStartDate, 'startDate');
         newComponents = removeIf(newComponents, layoutOptions.hideScheduledDate, 'scheduledDate');
         newComponents = removeIf(newComponents, layoutOptions.hideDueDate, 'dueDate');

src/TaskModal.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ export class TaskModal extends Modal {
         super(app);
 
         this.task = task;
+        console.log(task);
         this.onSubmit = (updatedTasks: Task[]) => {
+            console.log(updatedTasks);
             updatedTasks.length && onSubmit(updatedTasks);
             this.close();
         };

tests/Query.test.ts

@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ describe('Query', () => {
                     tags: [],
                     originalMarkdown: '',
                     scheduledDateIsInferred: false,
+                    createdDate: null,
                 }),
                 new Task({
                     status: Status.TODO,
@@ -310,6 +311,7 @@ describe('Query', () => {
                     tags: [],
                     originalMarkdown: '',
                     scheduledDateIsInferred: false,
+                    createdDate: null,
                 }),
             ];
             const input = 'path includes ab/c d';

tests/TestingTools/TaskBuilder.ts

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export class TaskBuilder {
     private _scheduledDate: Moment | null = null;
     private _dueDate: Moment | null = null;
     private _doneDate: Moment | null = null;
+    private _createdDate: Moment | null = null;
 
     private _recurrence: Recurrence | null = null;
     private _blockLink: string = '';
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ export class TaskBuilder {
             tags: this._tags,
             originalMarkdown: '',
             scheduledDateIsInferred: this._scheduledDateIsInferred,
+            createdDate: this._createdDate,
         });
     }