How can I display today's date on a screen e.g. "Today is Friday 9th August"?

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Hi,

I have a screen that shows a list of upcoming events. At the top of the screen, I want to display a fixed message saying:

“Today is (day + date)” e.g. “Today is Friday 9th August”.

Is it possible in Glide to pick up today’s date from somewhere in the system?

I’m new to Glide, so any help would be appreciated :pray:. I have checked the docs and forum but cannot find how to do this.

Thanks
Mim

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You can do a couple different things, but here’s an easy way:

Add a Math column and simply enter TODAY as the formula. Choose the “now” option and set the date format you’d like.

Add a Template column with whatever static text you’d like and reference the Math column as a replacement value for the dynamic part of the phrase.

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Here’s an alternative setup with the new inline template to save you a column.

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Hola!

I think the easiest way is using Format Time plugin. The format you need is this:

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Saludos!

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“Format Date” can be problematic with certain types of devices, but that’s a clever use of it.

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Thanks very much @ThinhDinh @kyleheney @gvalero for your replies :pray:

Maybe I am misunderstanding, but it seems in all cases, I still need to add a column to hold today’s date. I was hoping to avoid that, as the data (today’s date) will be identical for all calendar events which seems like overkill.

I was hoping I could pick it up from the system date somehow e.g. in the way that we can pick up ‘today’ or ‘now’ from the system when we want to filter the output.

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Yeah, at the moment, you still have to do that.