Within the system we use tagging to allow you to input dates into 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. Split the different formats with commas. Please view an 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
| FormatCharacter | Description | Example returned values |
| c | ISO 8601 date (added in PHP 5) | 2004-02-12T15:19:21+00:00 |
| r | » RFC 2822 formatted date | Example: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 16:01:07 +0200 |