A Visual Studio Code extension that automatically adds creation time and updates last modified time in the Front Matter when saving a Markdown file.
Limitations and Known Issues
- All comments in the Front Matter are removed on save
Settings
This extension contributes the following settings:
| Setting | Description | Type | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
front-matter-auto-datetime.enable |
Enable or disable the extension globally. | Boolean | true |
front-matter-auto-datetime.format |
See the Day.js docs for valid formats. | String | YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss[Z] |
front-matter-auto-datetime.includes |
Patterns for files that will get updated. | String[] | ["**/*.md"] |
front-matter-auto-datetime.prop.date |
Front Matter property name used for the creation date. Set to false to disable. | String | date |
front-matter-auto-datetime.prop.lastmod |
Front Matter property name used for the last modified date. Set to false to disable. | String | lastmod |
Demo

Contributing
If you are interested in contributing directly to this repository, please see: