When I use the emoji 
for a deadline, the date is recorded as 2024-03-05, but when I use [deadline: 2024-03-05], it is picked up as 2024-03-05T00:00:00.000Z.
This affects queries based on today(), tomorrow(), etc.
The emoji is irritating to access from linux, and I prefer the [deadline: 2024-03-05] format. Is there a way to make format the date in the same way and play nice in queries?
This is a YAML “feature” I suppose, which has date/time values. You can put quotes around the date to have it be interpreted as a string, e.g. [deadline: "2024-03-01"]
You can customize this even more using custom attribute extractors: Space Script
Awesome, thanks! It didn’t occur to me to treat it as a string.