Obsidian Templates
Official documentation: help.obsidian.md
A core Obsidian plugin which allows you to create new notes with predefined snippets of text or insert them into the current note.
Features
It can do the following things: 1 2
- Insert the contents of a template note into the current note.
- Insert the current date in the default date format into the current note (
Templates: Insert current datecommand). - Insert the current time in the default time format into the current note (
Templates: Insert current timecommand).
Template Note
A template note is a note which is in the path that the Obsidian Templates Template folder location setting is set to. 3
Template Variables
A template variable is a string which will be substituted with values when the template is inserted into the current note or used to create a new note. 4 3
| Variable | Description |
|---|---|
{{title}} | Title of the active note. |
{{date}} | Today’s date in the default format as defined by the Date format setting. |
{{date:format}} | Today’s date in the format format |
{{time}} | Today’s time in the default format as defined by the Time format setting. |
{{time:format}} | Current time in the format format |
format can be a Moment.js format string.
Note that while a format string can be used with {{date}} or {{time}}, either of the date or time formats can be changed to use a format that has both the date and time in it. This works for the default format settings too.