date

Paste this at the top of any template. When Templater runs it, a notice pops up in the corner with the current time, day name, date, and week number — then the script returns nothing, leaving the note clean.

<%* 
new Notice(tp.date.now("[it's ]h:mma[ on a 👉]dddd[👈\n] Do MMMM Y[\n]Wo[ week of the year, Q]Q-Y")); return ""; 
%>

How It Works

tp.date.now() takes a moment.js format string. The square brackets [ ] are literal text — everything outside them is a format token. So [it's ]h:mma outputs it's 9:34am, and dddd outputs the full day name.

new Notice() sends the formatted string to Obsidian’s notification system. It disappears after a few seconds automatically.

return "" makes sure the script leaves no trace in the note body — without it, Templater would insert undefined where the block was.

Format Tokens Used

• h:mma → 12-hour time with am/pm, e.g. 9:34am
• dddd → full day name, e.g. Wednesday
• Do → day of month with ordinal, e.g. 3rd
• MMMM Y → full month name + year, e.g. January 2025
• Wo → week number with ordinal, e.g. 1st
• QQ-Y → quarter + year, e.g. Q1-2025

Customising

Swap out any token to change the output. The \n inside the string is a line break — use it to control how the notice stacks. If you want a 24-hour clock, replace h:mma with HH:mm.