Ability to change the date format in templates and course SMS'

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Tahni Littlejohn

• 11 May 2017 00:04

It would be great if we could change the format of a date in templates and course SMS'. 

Currently it automatically sends the date in the format dd/mm/yyyy but I think it would be good if we could change this to another format such as ''11th of May" or "11th of May 2017" for example. 

I think that the written format looks nicer on course confirmations or reminders. 

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  Cindy Geyer

  • 12 May 2017 01:03

  Great idea.  The place I would really like to see this change is in the Certificate templates, where the date appears as (e.g.) "24-Feb-17".

  I think "24th February 2017" is more typical for certificates and more professional-looking.

  Rather than a permanent change to a particular format in these templates, it would be best to have the option to choose which date format we prefer.

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  Tahni Littlejohn

  • 12 May 2017 01:35
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  Hi Cindy, good news, this can already be achieved with the certificates!
  
  In the edit text box there should be a space called 'mask:' if you type - d mmm yyyy - in this section then the date format on the certificate should change to 12 May 2017.
  
  I think you can find all of the different date mask formats types in the help guide. 

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  Cindy Geyer

  • 12 May 2017 03:54

  Thanks Tahni re the date mask for Certificate templates - that worked a treat!

  To show the whole month name I needed to use "d mmmm yyyy" (four "m"s shows the whole month name, three "m"s abbreviates it to 3 characters)

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  Tom Clark

  • 13 April 2021 20:59

  Another vote for this idea. For some templates (communications, for example), it would add more formality if you could have dd MMMM yyyy for example. I know for courses there is complex dates, but for fields such as [Today Date] it would be beneficial.

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