From 04390b461f396d42461a1ed1823397c6739b1088 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elio Struyf <elio@struyfconsulting.be>
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2022 09:27:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] #280 - Fix for date fields

---
 CHANGELOG.md                        | 1 +
 src/listeners/panel/DataListener.ts | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9d807a20..43ea4fe2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/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
 
diff --git a/src/listeners/panel/DataListener.ts b/src/listeners/panel/DataListener.ts
index 4fd9a5c9..cf3af34e 100644
--- a/src/listeners/panel/DataListener.ts
+++ b/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;
     }