There are numerous ways to format dates. We have a flexible system that is able to accommodate most date formats.
Today's Date
The variable {todaysDate} will generate today’s date.
Time Function
In order to format the date, we will be using the time function.
Let’s assume that today is June 5, 2020.
We can simply use time without any additional formatting.
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Example Code |
Result |
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{todaysDate | time} |
2020-06-05 |
We can also format the date using the following syntax:
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Syntax |
Description |
Example |
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M |
Month number |
1,2,…11,12 |
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MM |
Month number with leading 0 |
01, 02,…11,12 |
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MMM |
Abbreviated month to 3 letters |
Jan, Feb,…Nov, Dec |
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MMMM |
Full month name |
January, February,…November, December |
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YY |
Abbreviated year to last 2 digits |
90, 91…19, 20 |
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YYYY |
Full year |
1990, 1991,…2019, 2020 |
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D |
Day number |
1, 2,…30, 31 |
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DD |
Day number with leading 0 |
01, 02,…30, 31 |
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dddd |
Day of the week |
Monday, Tuesday,…Saturday, Sunday |
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do |
Ordinal day |
1st, 2nd…30th, 31st |
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DDD |
Day of the year |
1, 2, 3,…364, 365 |
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DDDo |
Ordinal day of the year |
1st, 2nd…364th, 365th |
| The date syntax is case sensitive. This means that you must make sure that the formatting is upper or lowercase in accordance with the table above. |
You can insert words and symbols within the time function using square brackets [].
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Example Code |
Output |
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{todaysDate | time} |
2020-06-05 |
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{electedDate | time:'dddd [the] Do [of] MMMM'} |
Friday the 5th of June |
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{todaysDate | time:'Do [day of] MMMM[,] YYYY'} |
5th day of June, 2020 |