# Date formating in Obsidian Web Clipper

**URL:** <https://forum.obsidian.md/t/date-formating-in-obsidian-web-clipper/90985>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [November 4, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/date-formating-in-obsidian-web-clipper/90985 "2024-11-04T14:09:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![icipascal](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/icipascal/32/40141_2.png) [@icipascal](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/icipascal)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/date-formating-in-obsidian-web-clipper/90985/1 "2024-11-04T14:09:23Z")

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Hello folks!

I’m looking to format the date as “2021-10-31”  
I tried many permutation .. but I don’t see how.

I check carefully here: [GitHub - obsidianmd/obsidian-clipper: Highlight and capture the web in your favorite browser. The official Web Clipper extension for Obsidian. · GitHub](https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-clipper?tab=readme-ov-file) without success ☹

### **my config**

 ![SCR_2024_11_04_at_09_11_28](https://forum.obsidian.md/uploads/default/original/3X/8/0/80959d65d779816fb43fd44833d608b10934f376.png)

### **Output I want**

date\_created: 2024-11-04

### **The output I see**

date\_created: 2024-11-04T08:55:47-05:00

 ![Obisidian Web Clipper-20241104085614598](https://forum.obsidian.md/uploads/default/original/3X/8/e/8ebd48c9632767037c8fc58eade2557207d9f995.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![anon45210282](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@anon45210282](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/anon45210282)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/date-formating-in-obsidian-web-clipper/90985/2 "2024-11-04T14:19:57Z")

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Hello.

Do the codes below work in your template?

`{{date|date:"YYYY-MM-DD"}}`

… or …

`[[{{date|date:"YYYY-MM-DD"}}]]`

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**Author:** ![icipascal](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/icipascal/32/40141_2.png) [@icipascal](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/icipascal)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/date-formating-in-obsidian-web-clipper/90985/3 "2024-11-04T14:26:22Z")

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Thank you so much ❤

So here in my final config

 ![SCR_2024_11_04_at_09_38_18](https://forum.obsidian.md/uploads/default/original/3X/6/6/664f97535e226bd968c55cdbc5f918de68d83de3.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.obsidian.md/uploads/default/original/3X/b/e/bec35fbd23ab28909bb6bfe62cb32eb82dd34019.png) [@system](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/date-formating-in-obsidian-web-clipper/90985/4 "2024-12-02T14:27:20Z")

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