Importing from Local File System is ignoring dateCreated and date fields
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Description
Actual behavior
I setup local file system storage in wiki.js settings. I created a markdown file with the following content and imported everything to wiki.js (clicked the Run button on Import Everything).
---
title: Note-1
description:
published: true
date: 2012-07-14T22:31:05Z
tags: tag1, tag2
editor: markdown
dateCreated: 2012-07-14T22:24:50Z
---
Note content
The file got imported into wiki.js as expected but the 'last edited by' time in the imported page shows the current time instead of time from the 'date' field of imported file and the page history shows the creation time as current time instead of 'dateCreated' from the imported file
Expected behavior
Imported pages should use the creation time and last edited time from the imported file instead of current time.
Steps to reproduce the behavior
- Enable local file system storage wiki.js (Settings > Storage > Local File System)
- Create a markdown file with the aforementioned content in the backup location
- Import the file into wiki.js by running 'Import Everything'
- Open the imported page in wiki.js and navigate to the page history page and note the creation and last edited times.
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Research direction
Start with the local file system storage import path triggered by “Import Everything” and inspect how the markdown front matter fields date and dateCreated are handled. Reproduce the import with the example file, then verify that the imported page’s last-edited time and history creation time match those fields rather than the current time.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- nodejs
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100