🔠 How can I format dates in ChiliDocs®?

Depending on the region or country, different date formats are common. In ChiliDocs®, you can flexibly adjust the format in your Word template by adding a format argument to the control character.

👉 Example:

[deal.closedate(format:dd-MM-yyyy)] → 31-12-2024

✅ Available date and time formats

• Date (dd-MM-yyyy):

  [deal.closedate(format:dd-MM-yyyy)] → 31-12-2024

• Date only:

  [deal.closedate(format:dateonly)] → 31.12.2024

• Time only:

  [deal.closedate(format:timeonly)] → 10:32

• US date (MM.dd.yyyy):

  [deal.closedate(format:MM.dd.yyyy)] → 12.31.2024

• Year/Month:

  [deal.closedate(format:yyyy/MM)] → 2024/12

• Day Month Year:

  [deal.closedate(format:dd MMMM yyyy)] → 31 December 2024

✅ Placeholder tokens explained

• dd → Day as two digits (01–31)

• MM → Month as two digits (01–12)

• MMMM → Full month name (“September”)

• yyyy → Year in four digits (2025)

• HH → Hour in 24h format (00–23)

• mm → Minutes (00–59)

• ss → Seconds (00–59)

⚠️ Note:

Letter case matters. Example:

• MM = Month

• mm = Minutes

✅ Supported separators

• Dash → dd-MM-yyyy → 31-12-2024

• Dot → dd.MM.yyyy → 31.12.2024

• Slash → dd/MM/yyyy → 31/12/2024

• Space → dd. MMMM yyyy → 31 December 2024

💡 Summary:

ChiliDocs® lets you format dates and times flexibly – whether in European, US, or fully custom formats.