Dated notes and records are hard to explore on a timeline
Obsidian users and writers want to turn existing notes with date properties into timelines, including both point events and start–end spans. Current options are described as inadequate or unstable, and some users move dates to external software instead. Spreadsheet users also report confusing chart setup when trying to plot time spans.
For obsidian note-takers and writers. Mentioned from Sep 2024 to May 2026 on Bluesky, product forums, Hacker News and Stack Exchange.
9 different people described this problem in 7 separate discussions.
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But I have yet to find a good calendar as well as a timeline solution that pulls from already created notes using front matter properties. Pls, share them here if you find them
Up to now I have to report important date on an external software to see them in a timeline representation since different timeline plugins doesn’t fit my expectations or are not so stable/maintained
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