Creating Document Templates – Formatting Dates

Personio offers several options for configuring dates in document templates. This article explains how to format date variables according to your company’s internal guidelines.

Create a text document in MS Office (DOCX/DOTX format) or OpenOffice (ODT/OTT format) and enter the text you wish to have in your template. You can add dates to your templates in various formats by using different variables.

Overview of Variables for Formatting Dates

The following table provides an overview of the variables you can combine to have dates shown in your preferred format. In Personio, you need to combine different variables (see table below) to define a formatting option. Variables are shown in curly brackets and can be combined freely.

*When uploading a document template, you have the option of selecting a document language, and with it the language format for dates. Click here to find out how to add document templates.

Formatting Options

The following table provides an overview of all available date formatting options using the ‘hire_date’ attribute as an example.

If you want the day or month to be followed by a full stop or a comma, these need to be added after the relevant variable in your Word document.

Date

Sunday, 01 January 2017

{{hire_date|l, d F Y}}

Sunday, 1 January 2017

{{hire_date|l, j F Y}}

Sunday, 01st January 2017

{{hire_date|l, dS F Y}}

Day

Sunday, 01 January 2017

{{hire_date|l, d F Y}}

Sun, 01 January 2017

{{hire_date|D, d F Y}}

Month

Sunday, 01 January 2017

{{hire_date|l, d F Y}}

Sunday, 01 Jan 2017

{{hire_date|l, d M Y}}

Sunday, 01. 01. 2017

{{hire_date|l, d. m. Y}}

Sunday, 01. 1. 2017

{{hire_date|l, d. n. Y}}

Year

Sunday, 01 January 2017

{{hire_date|l, d F Y}}

Sunday, 01 January 17

{{hire_date|l, d F y}}

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