diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs
index a132dbe..412ae98 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs
@@ -4948,6 +4948,10 @@ impl NoteCraftApp {
     /// Puts a snippet where the caret is, or at the end of the page.
     fn insert_in_page(&mut self, text: &str) {
         let Some(ed) = self.editor.as_mut() else { return };
+        // An insert is an edit: it is recorded for undo before the page changes.
+        if ed.caret.is_some() {
+            Self::remember_step(ed);
+        }
         match ed.caret.as_mut() {
             Some(caret) => {
                 // Where the caret is, not at the end of the block.
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/ui.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/ui.rs
index dd44b9c..5e0b6fd 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/tests/ui.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/ui.rs
@@ -2803,6 +2803,28 @@ fn a_column_border_is_dragged_and_the_page_keeps_the_width() {
 
 /// Ctrl+Z takes back what was just done to the page, and Ctrl+Y puts it back: typing, and
 /// a row taken out of a table.
+/// Inserting the date is an edit like any other: Ctrl+Z takes it back (owner, 2026-11-12).
+#[test]
+fn undo_takes_back_an_inserted_date() {
+    let (_t, app, s) = sample_app("ui-undo-insert-date");
+    let mut h = sized_harness(app, LIGHT, egui::vec2(1400.0, 900.0));
+    notecraft_store::page::save_body(&s.md_page, "plain text").expect("fixture");
+    h.state_mut().open_path(&s.md_page.to_string_lossy());
+    settle(&mut h);
+    ask(&mut h, "ui.caret", json!({"block": 0})).expect("caret");
+    settle(&mut h);
+    let before = h.state().body().unwrap_or_default().to_string();
+    h.get_by_label("Insert").click();
+    h.run();
+    h.get_by_label("Date").click();
+    h.run();
+    settle(&mut h);
+    assert_ne!(h.state().body().unwrap_or_default().to_string(), before, "the date was inserted");
+    ask(&mut h, "ui.key", json!({"key": "Z", "ctrl": true})).expect("undo");
+    settle(&mut h);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().body().unwrap_or_default().to_string(), before, "undo takes the inserted date back");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn undo_takes_back_a_change_to_the_page_and_redo_puts_it_back() {
     let (_t, app, s) = sample_app("ui-undo");