From a5acb7aafbb29727d2c0fe47c87bb7226e49b771 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marcelo Paternostro <mpaternostro@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2023 16:05:39 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Allow users to define decoration for date

---
 package.json          | 5 +++++
 src/toggleCheckbox.ts | 8 +++++---
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2b7c8e3..c28e507 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -162,6 +162,11 @@
           "type": "string",
           "default": "YYYY-MM-DD",
           "description": "Format date"
+        },
+        "markdown-checkbox.dateTemplate": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "default": "[{date}]",
+          "markdownDescription": "The date template: `${date}` is replaced by the actual date."
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/toggleCheckbox.ts b/src/toggleCheckbox.ts
index 2fe0e61..52b391c 100644
--- a/src/toggleCheckbox.ts
+++ b/src/toggleCheckbox.ts
@@ -108,9 +108,11 @@ const markField = (
         newText = `~~${newText}~~`;
       }
       if (dateWhenChecked) {
-        newText = `${newText} [${moment(new Date()).format(
-          dateFormat
-        )}]${whitespace}`;
+        const date = moment(new Date()).format(dateFormat);
+        const decoratedDate = helpers
+          .getConfig<string>('dateTemplate')
+          .replace('{date}', date);
+        newText = `${newText} ${decoratedDate}${whitespace}`;
       }
 
       editBuilder.replace(

From ded614ecc00dadb47b8f263dc0902a0e088aad71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philipp Kief <philipp.kief@gmx.de>
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2023 15:20:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Add readme description

---
 README.md | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3da7ea8..b5ffb7e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -154,6 +154,16 @@ If dates are enabled, they can be formatted with the following user setting:
 
 It makes use of the JavaScript library [moment.js](https://momentjs.com/docs/#/parsing/string-format/) which means that the date format patterns can be found there.
 
+In addition the syntax around in which the date is placed can be defined via template. `{date}` will be replaced by the actual date value:
+
+```json
+"markdown-checkbox.dateTemplate": "({date})"
+```
+
+Preview:
+
+- [x] ~~_sample with date_~~ (2017-11-23)
+
 ### Specify language IDs
 
 Besides markdown, this extension can also be used for other languages in VS Code. The language IDs can be specified in the user settings like this:

From 789e0e36540dbb710121146487eb8b75a54fbc47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philipp Kief <philipp.kief@gmx.de>
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2023 15:20:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Adjust config description

---
 package.json | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c28e507..8971ef6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
         "markdown-checkbox.dateTemplate": {
           "type": "string",
           "default": "[{date}]",
-          "markdownDescription": "The date template: `${date}` is replaced by the actual date."
+          "markdownDescription": "The date template `{date}` is replaced by the actual date."
         }
       }
     }