#280 - Fix for date fields

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 ### 🐞 Fixes
 
 - [#279](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/279): Fix for content dashboard updates for all registered types
+- [#280](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/280): Fix to not automatically set dates on new files that do not contain front matter
 
 ## [6.1.1] - 2022-03-02
 

src/listeners/panel/DataListener.ts

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ export class DataListener extends BaseListener {
     }
 
     const article = ArticleHelper.getFrontMatter(editor);
-    if (!article) {
+    if (!article || !article.data || Object.keys(article.data).length === 0) {
       return;
     }