Personalised time/date formats

Purpose: Within the system, we use tagging to allow you to input dates into the email, letter, and SMS templates.

You can personalise how this date appears in the text by using the following codes. Input the tag as shown below - replace the italic text with a format character below.

[diary_date:formatcharacter]

You can combine these formats to create sentences. Please view the example below.

Day

FormatCharacter	Description	Example returned values
d	Day of the month, 2 digits with leading zeros	01 to 31
D	A textual representation of a day, three letters	Mon through Sun
j	Day of the month without leading zeros	1 to 31
l(lowercase 'L')	A full textual representation of the day of the week	Sunday through Saturday

Week

FormatCharacter	Description	Example returned values
W	ISO-8601 week number of year, weeks starting on Monday	Example: 42 (the 42nd week in the year)

Month

FormatCharacter	Description	Example returned values
F	A full textual representation of a month, such as January or March	January through December
m	Numeric representation of a month, with leading zeros	01 through 12
M	A short textual representation of a month, three letters	Jan through Dec
n	Numeric representation of a month, without leading zeros	1 through 12

Year

FormatCharacter	Description	Example returned values
Y	A full numeric representation of a year, 4 digits	Examples: 1999 or 2003
y	A two digit representation of a year	Examples: 99 or 03

Time

FormatCharacter	Description	Example returned values
a	Lowercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem	am or pm
A	Uppercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem	AM or PM
B	Swatch Internet time	000 through 999
g	12-hour format of an hour without leading zeros	1 through 12
G	24-hour format of an hour without leading zeros	0 through 23
h	12-hour format of an hour with leading zeros	01 through 12
H	24-hour format of an hour with leading zeros	00 through 23
i	Minutes with leading zeros	00 to 59
s	Seconds, with leading zeros	00 through 59

Full Date and Time