Printing Date

To print a date value ​​into your PDF using Make.com, follow these steps:

• In Eledo editor click on a Text box component from top toolbar. Configuration window will appear.
• Click into Data (expression) field to open Data Expression builder.
• Type a word you want to represent the date value. It will be used as input field name. This word cannot contain a space nor special characters, just letters, numbers and underscore. In our case we type DeliveryDate
• If you need to format this value, try one of our DATE functions
• Confirm twice and dynamic text component will be placed at cursor position.
• Save the template and input field will be automatically created from the data expression.

• In your make.com scenario click on Eledo module and refresh Custom Fields for the template.
• DeliveryDate input field should be now available to be mapped with a date value.
• Click into DeliveryDate field and choose one from your data source to map the value.
• Confirm and you're done!

Formatting Dates:

Date Format

Format the date value into a specific date format with DATE function. Date format consists of case sensitive letters with various meanings. This function depends on Timezone and Locale setting of your template.

DATE(value, date_format)

Example:

DeliveryDate = 14. July 2025

DATE(DeliveryDate, "MM/dd/yyyy") Output: 07/14/2025

DATE(DeliveryDate, "dd/MM/yyyy") Output: 14/07/2025

DATE(DeliveryDate, "EEEE, MMMM d, yyyy") Output: Monday, July 14, 2025

DATE(DeliveryDate, "dd MMMM yyyy") Output: 14 July 2025

Date formatting letters are listed in this article: Formatting Dates

Tips:

TODAY() = Prints today's date

DATE(TODAY(), "yyyy-MM-dd")

Date1 = 1. January 2025 ; Date2 = 20. January 2025

DAYS_BETWEEN(Date1, Date2) Output: 19

Find more information about data formatting in this article: Formatting Dates

Discover all date functions here: Date Functions

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