Why not changing the loop?
Inside the loop, just check to see if the custom-field or post-meta which you provided for the custom date is filled or not and show the post date or custom date according to the conditions.
You can also have a special page for that category’s timeline and a function for that specific page to make timeline using custom dates.
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