List Type and Time Format

list_type

Controls how entries are rendered when appended or listed. Two values are supported:

list_type: bullet   # or: table

• bullet — each entry is a markdown bullet with a leading timestamp:

  - 14:30:45 Team standup meeting
  

• table — each entry is a row in a two-column markdown table:

  | Tidspunkt | Hendelse              |
  |-----------|------------------------|
  | 14:30:45  | Team standup meeting   |
  

  (Column header text comes from time_label/event_label, see below.)

This can be overridden per-invocation with -T bullet or -T table — see Flag Reference.

If the existing log section in a file uses a different format than the one currently configured, obsidian-logging automatically converts all existing entries in that section to the new format when a new entry is added.

time_format

Controls whether timestamps use a 12-hour or 24-hour clock:

time_format: 24   # or: 12

• 24 → 14:30:45
• 12 → 02:30:45 PM

Defaults to 24 if not set. This can be overridden per-invocation with -f 12 or -f 24.

Timestamps include seconds. Since version 1.3.0, timestamps are always HH:mm:ss. When a new entry is added to a log section, any existing timestamps in that section that are missing seconds (HH:mm) are automatically rewritten to include :00 seconds, so that all entries in the section stay consistently formatted. If a new entry’s timestamp collides with an existing one, the seconds are incremented until a unique timestamp is found. Mixing 12-hour and 24-hour timestamps within the same log section may produce unpredictable sort order — pick one format and stick with it.

time_label and event_label

When using list_type: table, these set the column header text:

time_label: Tidspunkt   # defaults to "Tidspunkt" (Norwegian for "time")
event_label: Hendelse   # defaults to "Hendelse" (Norwegian for "event")

For an English table header, set:

time_label: Time
event_label: Event

Headers are only written to the file when listing/adding with the -H/--header flag.