{"id":251,"date":"2017-05-09T23:58:42","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T23:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alandaletraining.com\/software-tips\/?p=251"},"modified":"2017-05-09T23:58:42","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T23:58:42","slug":"create-custom-dates-formats-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alandaletraining.com\/software-tips\/2017\/05\/09\/create-custom-dates-formats-word\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create Custom Dates Formats in Word"},"content":{"rendered":"

In some of the handouts I develop I want the month and year displayed on the cover of the document. So, for a handout I\u2019m going to use this month, I want April 2017 on the cover. I often reuse a handout from a previous course and rather than updating the month and year myself I want the date to automatically update. Word has lots of date formats but none of them exactly like the one I want. So, what to do? Customize the date format.<\/p>\n

Create a custom date format:
\n1. On the Insert tab in the Text group, click on the Date and Time button
\n\"\"
\n2. Select a date that is closest to the format you want
\n\"\"
\n3. Select the Update automatically checkbox
\n4. Click on OK
\n5. Right-click on the date and select Toggle Field Codes
\n6. Edit the d, m, y characters to get the format you want
\n7. Press F9 to display the date<\/p>\n

Options for day format:
\n\u2022 d displays 7
\n\u2022 dd displays 07
\n\u2022 ddd displays Fri
\n\u2022 dddd displays Friday<\/p>\n

Month formats follow a similar pattern:
\n\u2022 M displays 4
\n\u2022 MM displays 04
\n\u2022 MMM displays Apr
\n\u2022 MMMM displays April<\/p>\n

Options for the year are:
\n\u2022 yy displays 17
\n\u2022 yyyy displays 2017<\/p>\n

So, a custom date format of dddd MMM d, yy would display the date as Friday Apr 7, 17 and mmmm yyyy would give me April 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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