Updated changelog + date field default value

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 - [#747](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/747): The `@frontmatter/extensibility` dependency now supports scripts for placeholders
 - [#752](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/752): Placeholder support in default `list` field values
 - Support for using the `fieldCollection` field in a `block` field
-
 - Updated the list of commands which are available in the command palette
 
 ### 🐞 Fixes

src/commands/Article.ts

@@ -116,9 +116,10 @@ export class Article {
     }
 
     const cloneArticle = Object.assign({}, article);
-    const dateField = ArticleHelper.getModifiedDateField(article) || DefaultFields.LastModified;
+    const dateField = ArticleHelper.getModifiedDateField(article);
     try {
-      cloneArticle.data[dateField] = Article.formatDate(new Date());
+      const fieldName = dateField?.name || DefaultFields.LastModified;
+      cloneArticle.data[fieldName] = Article.formatDate(new Date(), dateField?.dateFormat);
       return cloneArticle;
     } catch (e: unknown) {
       Notifications.error(

src/helpers/ArticleHelper.ts

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import { Article } from '../commands';
 import { join, parse as parseFile } from 'path';
 import { EditorHelper } from '@estruyf/vscode';
 import sanitize from '../helpers/Sanitize';
-import { ContentType as IContentType } from '../models';
+import { Field, ContentType as IContentType } from '../models';
 import { DateHelper } from './DateHelper';
 import { DiagnosticSeverity, Position, window, Range } from 'vscode';
 import { DEFAULT_FILE_TYPES } from '../constants/DefaultFileTypes';
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ export class ArticleHelper {
    * @param article
    * @returns
    */
-  public static getModifiedDateField(article: ParsedFrontMatter | null) {
+  public static getModifiedDateField(article: ParsedFrontMatter | null): Field | undefined {
     if (!article || !article.data) {
       return;
     }
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ export class ArticleHelper {
     const articleCt = ArticleHelper.getContentType(article);
     const modDateField = articleCt.fields.find((f) => f.isModifiedDate);
 
-    return modDateField?.name || DefaultFields.LastModified;
+    return modDateField;
   }
 
   /**

src/panelWebView/components/Fields/DateTimeField.tsx

@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ export const DateTimeField: React.FunctionComponent<IDateTimeFieldProps> = ({
 
   const onDateChange = React.useCallback((date: Date) => {
     setDateValue(date);
-    onChange(DateHelper.format(date, format || DEFAULT_FORMAT) || "");
+    if (format) {
+      onChange(DateHelper.format(date, format) || "");
+    } else {
+      onChange(date.toISOString());
+    }
   }, [format, onChange]);
 
   const showRequiredState = useMemo(() => {

src/services/PagesParser.ts

@@ -193,10 +193,10 @@ export class PagesParser {
         ? DateHelper.tryParse(article?.data[dateField], dateFormat)
         : undefined;
 
-      const modifiedField = ArticleHelper.getModifiedDateField(article) || null;
+      const modifiedField = ArticleHelper.getModifiedDateField(article);
       const modifiedFieldValue =
-        modifiedField && article?.data[modifiedField]
-          ? DateHelper.tryParse(article?.data[modifiedField])?.getTime()
+        modifiedField?.name && article?.data[modifiedField.name]
+          ? DateHelper.tryParse(article?.data[modifiedField.name])?.getTime()
           : undefined;
 
       const staticFolder = Folders.getStaticFolderRelativePath();