How to convert month.year to date via smart rule?

[chrillek]

@Connor

Therefore, I would like to keep the files in DT to add custom metadata.

Since DT is scriptable, you can do the same things in DT as in Hazel. And sometimes a bit less convoluted I posted a sample script a while ago here

Using a single smart rule instead of Hazel (maybe)

Some people (me included) use a naming convention for their files and put them in certain goups depending on sender and/or content. I’m doing that for bank statements, some of the regularly arriving invoices and income statements. In DT, you’d need one smart rule per target group, since it’s not possible to move a record to a group depending on some criteria. So if you have 5 bank accounts and two companies regularly sending you invoices, you’d need seven separate rules. Which is not good, beca…

that shows how one can do it.