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I'd like to Customize the Acknowledgment Date Format

Does anyone ever date their letters using the MM/DD/YYYY form? I submitted a case to ask this question and found out that the date format is locked in the Altru merge field.


For acknowledgment letters, I really do not want to send out formal communication with the date in this format. It should be changed to have: Month Day, Year.
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  • Jan 4 2016
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  • Jay Morgan commented
    2 Dec, 2022 02:44pm

    Please make this possible! Our organization requires dates on top in format Month DD, YYYY, ex. January 1, 2022, and dates on bottom in MM/DD/YYYY so we have to edit each one.


    Thanks,

    Jay

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  • Guest commented
    22 Jul, 2022 07:47pm

    Just reached out as well. Raiser's Edge acknowledgement process was so much better.

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  • Krista Vossekuil commented
    14 Jun, 2021 05:23pm

    This request was from five years ago and I just reached out about it too. Would be great if this was an option!!!

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  • Chris Nungesser commented
    12 Mar, 2021 05:44pm

    100% agree. This isn't a tiny detail to me. I am so frustrated that our letters look less professional because of this issue. I can't believe your suggestion from five years ago hasn't been put into action yet.

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  • Lisa Saneda commented
    9 Mar, 2021 11:14pm

    Sure would help instead of having to do macro.


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  • T. Rash commented
    23 Oct, 2018 02:39pm

    I actually transfer all of my letters to word, where I have a detailed Macro set up to change it all to the Month Day, Year. I would love it if I didn't have to do that!

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  • Shannon Knight commented
    4 Jan, 2018 06:18pm

    Totally agree. In the body of a letter, I never use mm/dd/yyyy. Please provide other formatting options.

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  • T. Rash commented
    2 Nov, 2016 04:19pm

    I now have everything merge to word and have a macro set that will change all the dates to the Month Day, Year Form. I agree that the expanded date looks much more professional.

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