For "Open Journal" command, change date format in file name

[noah-arroyo]

I'd like to make it so that when I open a new journal page, the default file name is a date with the format %Y%m%d%H%M%S.

For example, it would read "20250523145500.md" for a file created on May 23 at 2:55:00 PM.

I've been fiddling, and I've almost figured this out. Hoping you can help me get the rest of the way.

I'm on Linux (Ubuntu 24.04). I've put an edited wiki_page.py file in a new folder: ~/.config/sublime-text/Packages/MarkdownEditing/plugins.

I edited Line 13 of that file to apply my desired format:

DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT = "%Y%m%d%H%M%S"

I also modified ST's key bindings file to include the following, in order to bind the "open journal" command to ctrl+alt+n:

	{ "keys": ["ctrl+alt+n"], "command": "mde_open_journal", "context":
		/*wiki reference: open a journal page*/
		[
			{ "key": "selector", "operator": "equal", "operand": "text.html.markdown", "match_all": true },
			{ "key": "setting.mde.keymap_disable.open_journal", "operator": "not_equal", "operand": false }
		]
	}

Now, when I press ctrl+alt+n, ST creates and opens a .md file with the correct date/time format. But it only captures the date, not the time. I.e., rather than being "20250523145500.md" — the desired outcome — it's "20250523000000.md".

I'm guessing that I need to modify something within lines 57-64? Here's that code, just for easy reference:

class MdeOpenJournalCommand(MdeTextCommand):
    def run(self, edit):
        today = date.today()
        date_format = self.view.settings().get("mde.journal.dateformat", DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT)
        name = today.strftime(date_format)

        wiki_page = WikiPage(self.view)
        wiki_page.select_page(name)

Thanks so much in advance.

[noah-arroyo]

This works perfectly! Thank you so much @deathaxe