Date Format Tags

Date tags allow you to control how dates appear in your final document. There are four different date tags, each used for a specific section of the template:

• Experience Dates: datefexp#f

• Education Dates: datefedu#f 

• Certification Dates: datefcert#f 

• General Dates: datefgeneral#f

These tags define the format in which the date will be displayed. To use them, replace the # with a number that corresponds to your preferred date format.

If you would like the dates in the Experience section to appear in a specific format—for example, “Jan 2022 – Present”—you should use the corresponding date tag with the appropriate format number. For instance, datefexp32f would be used if format 32 matches your desired output. 

Important Notes

Date Format Tag Library

Dynamic Tags for Current Dates

Date Separator Tags

Important Notes

• Each section (Experience, Education, etc.) must use its own corresponding date tag.

• If you do not include a specific section's date tag, the date format will default to “21/01/2009”.

• Only include the date tag for sections where you are actually displaying dates.

• To define the current date tag, use datefgeneral#f. Note that you must use all 4 tags in this instance or datefgeneral#f will override the entire document.

• These tags are typically added to the bottom of the template.

• If you have a self-managed account and have "Template Access" turned on from the backend, you can download your existing templates or a new version from the template library and edit the date tags yourself. 

• Please contact the Allsorter Customer Success team by emailing support@allsorter.com if you do not have "Template Access" and wish to add or edit any tags on your templates. 

 

Date Format Tag Library

#	Date Format	Date Format String	Language Code	Translation of “Present”
1	30/12/2019	dd/MM/yyyy	en	Present
2	30-12-2019	dd-MM-yyyy	en	Present
3	30 12 2019	dd MM yyyy	en	Present
4	30/12/19	dd/MM/yy	en	Present
5	30-12-19	dd-MM-yy	en	Present
6	30 12 19	dd MM yy	en	Present
7	30/December/2019	dd/MMMM/yyyy	en	Present
8	30-December-2019	dd-MMMM-yyyy	en	Present
9	30 December 2019	dd MMMM yyyy	en	Present
10	30/December/19	dd/MMMM/yy	en	Present
11	30-December-19	dd-MMMM-yy	en	Present
12	30 December 19	dd MMMM yy	en	Present
13	12/30/2019	MM/dd/yyyy	en	Present
14	12-30-2019	MM-dd-yyyy	en	Present
15	12 30 2019	MM dd yyyy	en	Present
16	12/30/19	MM/dd/yy	en	Present
17	12-30-19	MM-dd-yy	en	Present
18	12 30 19	MM dd yy	en	Present
19	December/30/2019	MMMM dd yyyy	en	Present
20	December/30/19	MMMM dd yy	en	Present
21	2019-12-30	yyyy-MM-dd	en	Present
22	19-12-30	yy-MM-dd	en	Present
23	2019-December-30	yyyy-MMMM-dd	en	Present
24	19-December-30	yy-MMMM-dd	en	Present
25	12-2019	MM-yyyy	en	Present
26	December-2019	MMMM-yyyy	en	Present
27	12-19	MM-yy	en	Present
28	December-19	MMMM-yy	en	Present
29	2019	yyyy	en	Present
30	19	yy	en	Present
31	30-Dec-2019	dd-MMM-yyyy	en	Present
32	December 2019	MMMM yyyy	en	Present
33	Dec 2019	MMM yyyy	en	Present
34	12/2019	MM/yyyy	en	Present
35	December/2019	MMMM/yyyy	en	Present
36	12/19	MM/yy	en	Present
37	December/19	MMMM/yy	en	Present
38	Dec/2019	MMM/yyyy	en	Present
39	2019 - 12	yyyy - MM	en	Present
40	Dec 2019	MMM yyyy	nl	Heden
41	Dec 19	MMM yy	en	Present
42	30 December 2024	dd MMMM yyyy	nl	Heden
43	December 2024	MMMM yyyy	nl	Heden
44	December 2024	MMMM yyyy	fr	Maintenant
45	Jan 2025	MMM yyyy	fr	Maintenant

 

Dynamic Tags for Current Dates

These tags define the word that will appear in the template when a role, education, or certification is marked as current. By default, the word "Present" will be shown, unless a different language or custom word is provided.

You can optionally customize the word shown by including it in square brackets. For example, [Current Role].

Current Date Tags

• _exp_current[ ] – for current experience entries

• _subexp_current[ ] – for current sub-experience entries

• _edu_current[ ] – for current education entries

• _cert_current[ ] – for current certifications

Current Date Tag Examples

• _exp_current will display as:
  Jan 2012 – Present

• _exp_current[Current Role] will display as:
  Jan 2012 – Current Role

 

Customizing the Date Separator Tags

These tags allow you to define the separator between two dates in a range (e.g., start date to end date). By default, the separator used is a dash (–). However, you can customize it using square brackets.

Date Separator Tags

• _exp_date[ ] – for experience dates

• _subexp_date[ ] – for sub-experience dates

• _edu_date[ ] – for education dates

• _cert_date[ ] – for certification dates

Date Separator Tag Examples

• _exp_date will display as:
  Jan 2012 – Feb 2013

• _exp_date[to] will display as:
  Jan 2012 to Feb 2013

Find out more about how tags work in our templates and access the full template tag library here.