inline metadata work differently?

[psarras]

Hi there,

I am not sure why inline metadata behaves differently to me.

file1 with (doesn't work)

---
created: [[2022-04-19]]
---

file2 with (works)

[created::[[2022-04-19]]]

Query

LIST
WHERE created = [[2022-04-19]]

am I missing something?

[blacksmithgu]

You need to quote links in frontmatter - created: "[[2022-04-19]]". Frontmatter is parsed as YAML, which sees the brackets as a list and not as a link.

[blacksmithgu]

@psarras I think there may be some confusion on the use of quotes. You only use the quotes in the frontmatter, not in the query. So if you do

---
created: "[[2022-04-20]]"
---

Then you would not use quotes in the query:

LIST WHERE created = [[2022-04-20]]

The quotes are purely something that needs to be done in the frontmatter to prevent YAML/Obsidian from parsing it incorrectly.

[psarras]

Yeah I mean I understand that. As you see above I did all the combinations and indeed this is the only frontmater way of getting this.

What is the query to list a parameter such as this? I don't think there is one...

---
created: "2022-04-20"
---

[AB1908]

This is indexed as a date. Do you want to display this as is? In that case, use dateformat(created, "YYYY-mm-dd"), I think.

[blacksmithgu]

If you want to search on a date, use WHERE created = date(2022-04-20)

[psarras]

That is it @blacksmithgu ! I cannot accept a reply as an answer though. Maybe write it on a new block?

[blacksmithgu]

To search on dates, use WHERE created = date(2022-04-30)