(Archived) Group Date Change

[MatthewS 0]

Does anyone know if it's possible to change the created date of a batch of notes at the same time? (Rather than changing it one note at a time)

[Owyn 457]

Not currently supported by any client. Could see when it would be of use.

[MatthewS 0]

I could use it because I create a bunch of notes from work journals that span a couple of months, a particular batch of cards are related to a specific sprint at a certain time. If I could grab all the notes and assign it to a date, then It would be easy to see how items with the same tag changed in time.

[Owyn 457]

Yeah. I have run into several cases when I wanted to mass change note meta-data. Author and Sourceurl specifically come to mind. Could easily see a use case for Created date as well.

[MatthewS 0]

I suppose I could grep the <created></created> entries in the xml file. It wouldn't be elegant, but it could get the job done.

[Owyn 457]

Ummm. That would probably break your database.

At least indexes and sync state would be incorrect.

[MatthewS 0]

Well, it's local and not in the cloud, but if I 'Export Notes to Archive...", edit the .enex, and then "Import Notes from Archive... that should work

[Owyn 457]

Yep. But, you will have duplicate notes and your quota will be charged again in full if they are synced notes.