Date & time

Placeholders

Placeholder	Default output
{date}	12 Apr 2026
{time}	9:41 AM
{datetime}	12 Apr 2026, 9:41 AM
{day}	Sunday

All four use your device’s locale and timezone automatically.

Custom format

Use format to control the output pattern. Format strings follow SimpleDateFormat syntax:

{date format="yyyy-MM-dd"}              →  2026-04-12
{date format="MM/dd/yyyy"}              →  04/12/2026
{date format="d MMM yyyy"}              →  12 Apr 2026
{time format="HH:mm"}                   →  09:41
{time format="h:mm a"}                  →  9:41 AM
{datetime format="yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm"}    →  2026-04-12 09:41

Common pattern tokens:

Token	Meaning	Example
yyyy	4-digit year	2026
yy	2-digit year	26
MM	Month number (zero-padded)	04
MMM	Month abbreviation	Apr
MMMM	Full month name	April
dd	Day of month (zero-padded)	12
d	Day of month	12
HH	Hour 0–23 (zero-padded)	09
hh	Hour 1–12 (zero-padded)	09
mm	Minute	41
ss	Second	05
a	AM/PM	AM
EEEE	Full day name	Sunday
EEE	Short day name	Sun

Offsets

Use offset to shift the date or time forward or backward from now:

{date offset="+1d"}               →  tomorrow
{date offset="-1d"}               →  yesterday
{date offset="+7d"}               →  one week from now
{date offset="+1M"}               →  one month from now
{date offset="+1y"}               →  one year from now
{time offset="+2h"}               →  2 hours from now
{datetime offset="+30m"}          →  30 minutes from now

Offset units:

Unit	Meaning
y	Years
M	Months (uppercase M)
d	Days
h	Hours
m	Minutes (lowercase m)

Multiple offsets can be combined, space-separated, and are applied in order:

{date offset="+1y -3d"}           →  one year from now, minus 3 days

Combine offset and format together:

{date offset="+30d" format="MMM d"}   →  May 12

Month arithmetic clamps to end-of-month: January 31 + 1 month = February 28/29.