Import is setting Targeted Date with Modified Date not Created Date

Hi @tobias,

Thank you for the quick and detailed response.
Yeah, I understand how it should work, but I just wanted to emphasize that in the Windows app v.2.4.3.0 the targeted date is set to the modification (not creation) date of the imported file.

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The idea of having targeted dates with time sounds interesting, but I would rather to wait for manual sorting to be added :smile:

Hi @Nikitinho,

This is unfortunately the best we can do with Web APIs. We are provided with a modified date when you upload a file for import, but not a created date, so we need to use that.

We then set the targeted date (rather than the created or modified date) on the card because on Supernotes we want to date of creation to be the actual time that a card was created, otherwise users would be able to “spoof” a creation date and for various reasons this is not something we want to allow.

We have a plan to allow for more flexible imports in the future, but that is low priority for us at the moment.

Hope that makes sense!

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I am new to Supernotes and have been importing my older notes from Obsidian in markdown format. Many of these notes have a date in their title in YYYY-MM-DD format. I have tried importing on the web app, Windows, and Linux appimage all with the same result: the target date of the imported note is set to August 4, 2024 regardless of the date in the title. I am wondering why I am getting August 4, 2024 as an import date.

Hi @rudder7976, a warm welcome to the Supernotes community!

I’ve merged your topic with an existing related discussion. Just a heads up that imported notes will use the modified date (which is when you exported them from Obsidian) as the targeted date. We don’t currently check titles for dates on import, but that’s a great idea for a future feature. We will see what we can do.

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That makes sense. Thanks for the quick response.