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Robb_Barrett
Robb_Barrett
Level 10
June 29, 2018
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Make {{system.date}} spell out full month

  • June 29, 2018
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Hi, simple request: it looks more professional on emails to spell out the full name of the month instead of just a 3 character abbreviation. This especially looks bad in Jun, when it looks like we forgot to add an e. 

Can this token have the full month name?

Thanks in advance,

Robb

    3 replies

    SanfordWhiteman
    SanfordWhiteman
    Level 10
    June 29, 2018

    VTL:

    ${date.long_date}
      Caroline_Graha1
      Caroline_Graha1
      Level 2
      January 7, 2019

      @Sanford Whiteman can you please elaborate on your answer? Trying to implement this but I don't know what VTL is. Thanks!

      SanfordWhiteman
      SanfordWhiteman
      Level 10
      January 8, 2019

      VTL is Velocity Template Language: the language used to write Velocity/Email Script tokens, which is a Java dialect.

      You can create a functioning Email Script token with just the one line of code above, although it will not be accurate to the timezone level unless you extend it a bit. See https://nation.marketo.com/message/191858-re-localize-date-format-in-token-velocity#comment-191858  and elsewhere.

      Veronica_Holme4
      Veronica_Holme4
      Level 9
      July 3, 2018

      I would go further and ask that admins be allowed to set up a date format for date type fields in the admin and that format is perpetuated across Marketo. Anything Marketo does here will annoy people in different geographies where date formats differ.

      SanfordWhiteman
      SanfordWhiteman
      Level 10
      July 3, 2018

      It's sort of the opposite, though -- the locale format is person-specific, not instance-wide, as noted here:Localize Date Format in Token (Velocity)

      Veronica_Holme4
      Veronica_Holme4
      Level 9
      July 3, 2018

      Oh I get that - I just think I shouldn't have to resort to scripting to get basic functionality. The chances of me teaching every team member and client to script well is zero.

      K
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