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Syntax

The example here is indented but indentation is optional.

mw
---
title: Project plan
 
#Project1: #d336b1
#Danielle: yellow
timezone: America/New_York
---
 
section All Projects
  group Project 1 #Project1
    // Supports ISO8601
    2025-01/2025-03: Sub task #John
    2025-03/2025-06: Sub task 2 #Michelle
      More info about sub task 2
 
      - [ ] We need to get this done
      - [x] And this
      - [ ] This one is extra
 
    2025-07: Yearly planning
endGroup
 
group Project 2 #Project2
  2025-04/4 months: Larger sub task #Danielle
    contact: [email protected]
 
  // Supports American date formats
  03/2025 - 1 year: Longer ongoing task #Michelle
    assignees: [Michelle, Johnathan]
    location: "123 Main Street, Kansas City, MO"
 
    - [x] Sub task 1
    - [x] Sub task 2
    - [ ] Sub task 3
    - [ ] Sub task 4
    - [ ] so many checkboxes omg

Quick Reference

ItemSyntaxExample
Event[DateRange|EDTFDateRange]:[EventDescription]08/2015-05/2017: CS degree #Education
EDTFDateRange[EDTFDate|RelativeDate|now][/EDTFDate|RelativeDate|now]2004-02-01/2005, 2005/2006-02, 2005/now, 2018/6 months
EDTFDateYYYY(-MM(-DD)?)?2000-06-01, 1892, 1492-01
DateRange[Date][-Date]1998-06/01/2000
Date. now is a special keyword which means what you think it does[HumanDate|ISO8601|RelativeDate|now]01/30/1888
HumanDate. Defaults to American formatting (Month/Day/Year, can be overridden in header)[m/d-]yyyy2002 or 01/2002 or 12/25/1901
Casual date.(day)?(jan|feb|mar|apr|may|jun|jul|aug|sep|oct|nov|dec)(day)?(year)(time)?4 January 1996 or Oct 8 2012 or March 16 12:19pm or 9:15pm or 06:30
ISO8601 format. The T and Z are required.YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS:MSZ1859-05-09T12:01:01Z
Relative Date (base this date off of another)[after] [!eventId] Amountafter !Birthday 3 weeks 2 days, 2 days - 3 months 4 days 8 seconds, !ww1 21 years - 6 years
Amount (used in relative dates)[digit] [milliseconds|seconds|minutes|hours|days|weeks|months|years]after !Birthday 3 weeks, 2 days - 3 months, !ww1 21 years - 6 years
Event description([text]|[Tag]|[Location]|[Link])*07/2014: 4th of July in DC ![](https:/linktomyimage.com/imagelink.png) #Travel @sue @greg [Washington, DC](location)
Tag#[tag name]1999: The Matrix #Movies
Location[location name](location|map)02/23/1836: Battle of the Alamo (The Alamo, TX)[map]
Link[display text](link)05/25/2021: [cascade.page](https://cascade.page) featured on [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27282842)
Photos. Markdown-style image format.![optional alt text](image link)07/2017: 4th of July in DC ![](https://example.com/image.png)
Reference. Reference and link to other markwhen pages.@[other markwhen name]09/2019: Dinner with @karl or 2020-2022: COVID-19 Pandemic @jenny/covid @covidtimeline
Comment//[text]// this is a comment