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Hello All,


I am new to Airtable & have searched but could not find a solution to my query.


My table has the following fields (and a couple of more).



5 days before the due date, I send myself a reminder mail.

And, this seems to be fine (preview tells me it is fine).

The issue is the format of the due date.

I want the format to be 22-Jul-2022 but the email shows 2022-07-22

I used the formula in the email, but it is treated as text in the email.

I created another field (column) with my kind of format and the column shows the format, but when I reference this column in my email, the content is blank.


Can you please help me?


Best,

Vikas

Hey @Vikas!

Welcome in!


So, one way to handle this is to create a formula field that formats your date value.

In this case, you’ll want to use the DATETIME_FORMAT function.


You can use this format as an example:


DATETIME_FORMAT(

    {Date Field},

    'D-MMM-YYYY'

)

This will provide you a value in your desired format of: 22-Jul-2022.

You’ll use that formula field to plug into your email/automation, instead of your original date/time field.

If I remember correctly, this formula will produce a string data type, rather than a date data type.


This means that Airtable will not transform the data when it goes through an automation, which is what was causing your original issue.


The DATETIME_FORMAT function is my best friend.

If you want to play around with the formatting, here is a link to the formatting options.


Please let me know if something breaks, if I’m wrong, or if you have any additional questions!

Hey @Vikas!

Welcome in!


So, one way to handle this is to create a formula field that formats your date value.

In this case, you’ll want to use the DATETIME_FORMAT function.


You can use this format as an example:


DATETIME_FORMAT(

    {Date Field},

    'D-MMM-YYYY'

)

This will provide you a value in your desired format of: 22-Jul-2022.

You’ll use that formula field to plug into your email/automation, instead of your original date/time field.

If I remember correctly, this formula will produce a string data type, rather than a date data type.


This means that Airtable will not transform the data when it goes through an automation, which is what was causing your original issue.


The DATETIME_FORMAT function is my best friend.

If you want to play around with the formatting, here is a link to the formatting options.


Please let me know if something breaks, if I’m wrong, or if you have any additional questions!


I tried this solve, however, I'm experiencing the same challenges as the original poster where even after creating the second field with the text string formula, when I try to reference that field using a dynamic field in my automation email it returns a blank value (i.e. nothing).

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