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Date Format in Workflow Rule Email

  • July 22, 2026
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We have inserted a custom date field into an email that fires in a workflow rule.  When the date field displays in the email, the value is returned in this format: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss.  What function can I use in the email that will return only the date in a MM-DD-YYYY format?

I’ve tried ToDate({$FieldName}) but that returns the actual text “To Date(YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss)” in the email.

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Good afternoon,

Have you tried    {ToDate($Fieldname)}


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  • Planview Falcons
  • July 23, 2026

Hi ​@angelasanecki 

You can format the data field using the ToString function: ToString($DateField, “MM-dd-yyyy”).

Try that out and let us know how you get on!

Pete


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  • August 5, 2026

@angelasanecki 

I have formatted this in a workflow and had success

 {DateValue($DateField,'MM/dd/yy')}