Purpose: Within the system, we use tagging to allow you to input dates into the email, letter, and SMS templates.
Personalized date/time formats
- You can personalize 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 by using commas, hyphens, or slashes to split the characters. Please view the example below using commas.
Day
| Format Character | 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
| Format Character | Description | Example returned values |
| W | ISO-8601 week number of year, weeks starting on Monday | Example: 42 (the 42nd week in the year) |
Month
| Format Character | 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
| Format Character | 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
| Format Character | 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
| Format Character | 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 |