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Date Placeholders in Emails
Date Placeholders in Emails
Updated over 3 years ago

When creating email subtasks, or using the mail merge feature, you can add date placeholder values. When the email is sent, the date placeholder will be replaced with its actual value.

The table below lists how the various date placeholders are formatted, assuming a current date of January 2021.

Date placeholder

Final value (email sent on January 2021)

[[Date: Month]]

January

[[Date: Last Month]]

December

[[Date: Next Month]]

February

[[Date: Month, Year]]

January 2021

[[Date: Month, Last Year]]

January 2020

[[Date: Month, Next Year]]

January 2022

[[Date: Last Month, Year]]

December 2020

[[Date: Last Month, Last Year]]

December 2019

[[Date: Last Month, Next Year]]

December 2021

[[Date: Next Month, Year]]

February 2021

[[Date: Next Month, Last Year]]

February 2019

[[Date: Next Month, Next Year]]

February 2021

[[Date: Year]]

2021

[[Date: Last Year]]

2020

[[Date: Next Year]]

2022

[[Date: Last Quarter, Year]]

October - December, 2020

[[Date: Last Quarter, Last Year]]

October - December, 2019

[[Date: Last Quarter, Next Year]]

October - December, 2021

[[Date: Next Quarter, Year]]

February - April, 2021

[[Date: Next Quarter, Last Year]]

February - April, 2020

[[Date: Next Quarter, Next Year]]

February - April, 2020

[[Date: Calendar Quarter, Year]]

January - March, 2021

[[Date: Calendar Quarter, Last Year]]

January - March, 2020

[[Date: Calendar Quarter, Next Year]]

January - March, 2022

[[Date: Last Calendar Quarter, Year]]

October - December, 2020

[[Date: Last Calendar Quarter, Last Year]]

October - December, 2019

[[Date: Last Calendar Quarter, Next Year]]

October - December, 2021

[[Date: Next Calendar Quarter, Year]]

April - June, 2021

[[Date: Next Calendar Quarter, Last Year]]

April - June, 2020

[[Date: Next Calendar Quarter, Next Year]]

April - June, 2022

[[Date: End Of Month, Year]]

January 31, 2021

[[Date: End Of Month, Last Year]]

January 31, 2020

[[Date: End Of Month, Next Year]]

January 31, 2022

[[Date: End Of Last Month, Year]]

December 31, 2020

[[Date: End Of Last Month, Last Year]]

December 31, 2019

[[Date: End Of Last Month, Next Year]]

December 31, 2021

[[Date: End Of Next Month, Year]]

February 28, 2021

[[Date: End Of Next Month, Last Year]]

February 29, 2020

[[Date: End Of Next Month, Next Year

February 28, 2022

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