Change the date and time format in email notifications

Written by Bogi Szabo

Updated on Tue, 17 Aug, 2021 at 4:04 PM

You can modify the format of the pickup/delivery/shipping date and time in your email notifications by adding code to your templates.

Create a backup of your current email templates before making any changes.

In your Shopify Settings go to Notifications, then open the email template you would like to modify e.g. the Order Confirmation.
Find the following liquid variable that shows the customer's pickup date:
```
{{ attributes.Pickup-Date }}
```

Replace the above code with the following line:

{{ attributes.Pickup-Date | date: "%A, %-d %B %Y" }}

Use strftime.net to get your preferred date format
- Example: %d/%m/%Y will display the date in DD/MM/YYYY format.
Replace the code between the quote marks " " with your preferred date format.
- Example: "%A, %d/%m/%Y"
Repeat these steps on the liquid variables for the local delivery and shipping dates as required. A full list of available liquid variables for Store Pickup + Delivery can be found in our Liquid variable reference guide.

Repeat the above for delivery and shipping using the attributes below.

Local Delivery date

{{ attributes.Delivery-Date }}

Shipping date

{{ attributes.Shipping-Date }}

In your Shopify Settings go to Notifications, then open the email template you would like to modify e.g. the Order Confirmation.
Find the following liquid variable that shows the customer's pickup time:
```
{{ attributes.Pickup-Time }}
```
Replace this code with the following line:
```
{{ attributes.Pickup-Time | date: "%r" }}
```
The small letter 'r' will format the time to appear in 12h. To make it appear in 24h, the capital 'R' is used instead.
Repeat these steps on the liquid variables for the local delivery time as required. A full list of available liquid variables for Store Pickup + Delivery can be found in our Liquid variable reference guide.