Auto-Date-File

Created by Meet Rathod

📌 About

Auto-Date-File is a Visual Studio Code extension that automatically creates a dated file when you open a workspace. It also lets you generate additional files manually using a simple shortcut. Ideal for note-taking, journaling, logging, or daily task tracking.

✨ Features

• 📁 Automatically creates a file once per day on workspace open.
• 🧠 File naming format: DD-MM-YYYY-1.<extension>, DD-MM-YYYY-2.<extension>, etc.
• 🔧 Supports per-workspace configuration with different file types.
• ⌨️ Create additional files with Ctrl+D.
• 💼 Lightweight and simple to use.

⚙️ Extension Settings

Add your workspace configurations using the setting key: autoDateFile.workspaceSettings

"autoDateFile.workspaceSettings": [
  "my-space:txt",
  "myworkspace:md",
  "project-reports:log"
]

Format

<workspace-folder-name>:<file-extension>

Each workspace supports only one file extension.

📁 File Creation Rules

On Workspace Open

When you open a configured workspace in VS Code for the first time in a day, the extension creates:

DD-MM-YYYY-1.<extension>

Example:

27-03-2025-1.md

On Manual Trigger

Press Ctrl+D to create additional dated files with incrementing numbers:

27-03-2025-2.md
27-03-2025-3.md
...

🧪 Example

If your settings include:

"autoDateFile.workspaceSettings": [
  "notes:md"
]

Opening the notes folder will create:

• 27-03-2025-1.md (on open)

• Pressing Ctrl+D will add:

  • 27-03-2025-2.md
  • 27-03-2025-3.md

👤 Author

Made with ❤️ by Meet Rathod

📬 Feedback & Contributions

Found a bug? Have a feature idea? Feel free to open an issue or pull request at: 👉 github.com/MeetRathod0/auto-date-file