# Date format in report scripting

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/date-format-in-report-scripting/32530>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition79, ignition80, scripting, vision\
**Created:** [February 24, 2020, 8:24am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/date-format-in-report-scripting/32530 "2020-02-24T08:24:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![giulio.comito](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/giulio.comito/32/12671_2.png) [@giulio.comito](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/giulio.comito)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 8:24am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/date-format-in-report-scripting/32530/1 "2020-02-24T08:24:20Z")

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Hello!  
I would like to write the date in the ‘yyyy-dd-mm’ format but Ignition’s report scripting recognizes the ‘yyyy-mm-dd’ format.  
Anyone know how I can do that?  
Thank you!

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**Author:** ![KathyApplebaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kathyapplebaum/32/7261_2.png) [@KathyApplebaum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/KathyApplebaum)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/date-format-in-report-scripting/32530/2 "2020-02-24T15:28:11Z")

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Can you give us more details on what you’re trying to do? For example, are you using a script data source or is this in system.report scripting?