liquid/filters/date.md

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date	Liquid filter that prints and formats dates.

Converts a timestamp into another date format. The format for this syntax is the same as strftime.

Input

```liquid {% raw %} {{ article.published_at | date: "%a, %b %d, %y" }} {% endraw %} ```

Output

```text Fri, Jul 17, 15 ```

Input

```liquid {% raw %} {{ article.published_at | date: "%Y" }} {% endraw %} ```

Output

```text 2015 ```

date works on strings if they contain well-formatted dates:

Input

```liquid {% raw %} {{ "March 14, 2016" | date: "%b %d, %y" }} {% endraw %} ```

Output

```text {{ "March 14, 2016" | date: "%b %d, %y" }} ```

To get the current time, pass the special word "now" (or "today") to date:

Input

```liquid {% raw %} This page was last updated at {{ "now" | date: "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M" }}. {% endraw %} ```

Output

```text This page was last updated at {{ "now" | date: "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M" }}. ```

Note that the value will be the current time of when the page was last generated from the template, not when the page is presented to a user if caching or static site generation is involved.