# Ugly Date in If-then-else

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/ugly-date-in-if-then-else/9711>\
**Category:** Report a Bug\
**Created:** [May 25, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/ugly-date-in-if-then-else/9711 "2020-05-25T01:22:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 11:33am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/ugly-date-in-if-then-else/9711/4 "2020-09-02T11:33:38Z")

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Usually creating a template column of the date column will “lock in” that formatting. Then you can use the template column in your if then column.

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