# How to Format Date Time System Tag

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-format-date-time-system-tag/92972>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [July 9, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-format-date-time-system-tag/92972 "2024-07-09T17:29:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stephanie\_Aguiar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stephanie\_Aguiar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Stephanie_Aguiar)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-format-date-time-system-tag/92972/1 "2024-07-09T17:29:39Z")

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Hello,

I was wondering if anyone could help me on how to format the date Time system tag in a neater way such as DD-MM-YYYY HH:SS  
 ![Screenshot 2024-07-09 102625](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/1/e/1ef83691724d9311d90ab258988c30275cb41bdf.png)

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**Author:** ![SolarNomad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@SolarNomad](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/SolarNomad)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-format-date-time-system-tag/92972/2 "2024-07-09T18:52:17Z")

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If you are displaying this on a label or something you can use the expression function dateFormat to format the date however you would like.

> **[dateFormat | Ignition User Manual](https://www.docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/appendix/expression-functions/date-and-time/dateFormat)**
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> Returns the given date as a string, formatted according to a pattern.

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**Author:** ![aspatchek2013](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/aspatchek2013/32/85339_2.png) [@aspatchek2013](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/aspatchek2013)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-format-date-time-system-tag/92972/3 "2024-07-09T18:54:01Z")

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![EditDateTimeFormat](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/2/d/2d7927aeef46eee1e5a24d7199f0e676e6e1f00a.png)

If you're just trying to edit the format in the tag browser, the tag can be edited directly using standard date type formatting.  
[Data Type Formatting Reference | Ignition User Manual (inductiveautomation.com)](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/appendix/reference-pages/data-type-formatting-reference)