{"id":6,"date":"2019-12-16T08:40:49","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T08:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sperrysoftware.com\/Blog\/index.php\/2008\/04\/07\/date-display-format-tricks\/"},"modified":"2022-07-20T15:33:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T15:33:51","slug":"date-display-format-tricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sperrysoftware.com\/Email-Tools\/date-display-format-tricks\/","title":{"rendered":"Date Display Format Tricks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/Email-Tools\/product\/save-as-pdf\/\">Save As PDF<\/a>, <a href=\"\/Email-Tools\/product\/save-as-pdf-pro\/\">Save As PDF Pro<\/a>, <a href=\"\/Email-Tools\/product\/attachment-save\">Attachment Save<\/a>, <a href=\"\/Email-Tools\/product\/attachment-save-pro\/\">Attachment Save Pro<\/a>, <a href=\"\/Email-Tools\/product\/rename-attachments\/\">Rename Attachments<\/a> and <a href=\"\/Email-Tools\/product\/quick-text-hotkeys\/\">Quick Text Hotkeys<\/a> all allow you to specify a date\/time format. \u00a0The add-in provides a drop down list that allows you to select a pre-defined date format. \u00a0<em>What most people don&#8217;t realize is that they can type directly in that box to specify a custom format<\/em>. \u00a0I get a lot of people asking how they can get the format to display in a specific way.\u00a0 I hope that the Outlook date display format tips and tricks provided here will help answer your questions. 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