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There are some pre-defined date tags you can pick from using the Insert Tag menu. However, you might have a specific case where you need to format the date in a different format than those provided and/or include the time. You can insert or modify an existing $Date tag using the following values, for example:

<$Date:dddd mmmm d, yyyy hh:nn am/pm>

c	Displays the date using the format given by the ShortDateFormat global variable, followed by the time using the format given by the LongTimeFormat global variable. The time is not displayed if the date-time value indicates midnight precisely

d	Displays the day as a number without a leading zero (1-31)
dd	Displays the day as a number with a leading zero (01-31)
ddd	Displays the day as an abbreviation (Sun-Sat) using the strings given by the ShortDayNames global variable
dddd	Displays the day as a full name (Sunday-Saturday) using the strings given by the LongDayNames global variable
ddddd	Displays the date using the format given by the ShortDateFormat global variable
dddddd	Displays the date using the format given by the LongDateFormat global variable

e	Displays the year in the current period/era as a number without a leading zero (Japanese, Korean, and Taiwanese locales only)
ee	Displays the year in the current period/era as a number with a leading zero (Japanese, Korean, and Taiwanese locales only)

g	Displays the period/era as an abbreviation (Japanese and Taiwanese locales only)
gg	Displays the period/era as a full name (Japanese and Taiwanese locales only)

m	Displays the month as a number without a leading zero (1-12). If the m specifier immediately follows an h or hh specifier, the minute rather than the month is displayed
mm	Displays the month as a number with a leading zero (01-12). If the mm specifier immediately follows an h or hh specifier, the minute rather than the month is displayed
mmm	Displays the month as an abbreviation (Jan-Dec) using the strings given by the ShortMonthNames global variable
mmmm	Displays the month as a full name (January-December) using the strings given by the LongMonthNames global variable

yy	Displays the year as a two-digit number (00-99)
yyyy	Displays the year as a four-digit number (0000-9999)

h	Displays the hour without a leading zero (0-23)
hh	Displays the hour with a leading zero (00-23)

n	Displays the minute without a leading zero (0-59)
nn	Displays the minute with a leading zero (00-59)

s	Displays the second without a leading zero (0-59)
ss	Displays the second with a leading zero (00-59)

z	Displays the millisecond without a leading zero (0-999)
zzz	Displays the millisecond with a leading zero (000-999)

t	Displays the time using the format given by the ShortTimeFormat global variable
tt	Displays the time using the format given by the LongTimeFormat global variable

am/pm	Uses the 12-hour clock for the preceding h or hh specifier, and displays 'am' for any hour before noon, and 'pm' for any hour after noon. The am/pm specifier can use lower, upper, or mixed case, and the result is displayed accordingly
a/p	Uses the 12-hour clock for the preceding h or hh specifier, and displays 'a' for any hour before noon, and 'p' for any hour after noon. The a/p specifier can use lower, upper, or mixed case, and the result is displayed accordingly
ampm	Uses the 12-hour clock for the preceding h or hh specifier, and displays the contents of the TimeAMString global variable for any hour before noon, and the contents of the TimePMString global variable for any hour after noon

/	Displays the date separator character given by the DateSeparator global variable
:	Displays the time separator character given by the TimeSeparator global variable

'xx'/"xx"	Characters enclosed in single or double quotation marks are displayed as such, and do not affect formatting

Date Tags

Date Tags