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Ever since version 2.0, when parsing a journal file, jrnl would not use the custom date format string anymore. Instead, it relied on the dateutil library to get the parsing right. This change was made to allow people to change their date format without having to manually change their file. However, this broke some existing date formats like %d.%m.%Y, as it would falsely interpret the month as day and vice versa. This commit adds some tests to catch this error and fixes it by trying to parse the dates using the custom format first, only falling back to dateutil when needed. |
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jrnl 
To get help, submit an issue on Github.
jrnl is a simple journal application for your command line. Journals are stored as human readable plain text files - you can put them into a Dropbox folder for instant syncing and you can be assured that your journal will still be readable in 2050, when all your fancy iPad journal applications will long be forgotten.
Optionally, your journal can be encrypted using the 256-bit AES.
Why keep a journal?
Journals aren't just for people who have too much time on their summer vacation. A journal helps you to keep track of the things you get done and how you did them. Your imagination may be limitless, but your memory isn't. For personal use, make it a good habit to write at least 20 words a day. Just to reflect what made this day special, why you haven't wasted it. For professional use, consider a text-based journal to be the perfect complement to your GTD todo list - a documentation of what and how you've done it.
In a Nutshell
to make a new entry, just type
jrnl yesterday: Called in sick. Used the time to clean the house and spent 4h on writing my book.
and hit return. yesterday: will be interpreted as a timestamp. Everything until the first sentence mark (.?!) will be interpreted as the title, the rest as the body. In your journal file, the result will look like this:
2012-03-29 09:00 Called in sick.
Used the time to clean the house and spent 4h on writing my book.
If you just call jrnl, you will be prompted to compose your entry - but you can also configure jrnl to use your external editor.
Known Issues
jrnl used to support integration with Day One, but no longer supports it since Day One 2 was released with a different backend. See the GitHub issue for more information.
Authors
Current maintainers:
- Jonathan Wren (wren)
- Micah Ellison (micahellison)
Original maintainer:
- Manuel Ebert (maebert)