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DATE

Non-MailMerge field

{ DATE [ \@ “format“ [\* MERGEFORMAT]] }

Inserts the current date and time. The optional format parameter specifies the date format string other than the default system. The \* MERGEFORMAT switch retains formatting applied to the field.

If you omit the format parameter, default formatting is applied. The default format is “M/d/yyyy”.

Field Codes Field Results
DATE 4/18/2011
DATE \@ “dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy HH:mm:ss” Monday, April 18, 2011 11:25:26