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Allow text format for "Today" merge field
Currently the Today merge field can only display the date numerically. Although there are multiple ways that the date can be displayed (e.g. with or without the time; month or day first; whether or not to include the year), there is not an option to spell out the name of the month. We would like that option, particularly for our customer-facing templates. That is we would like an option to display the date as January 20, 2008 instead of 1/20/08.
A current workaround for merge documents is the Word function: { DATE \@ "MMMM d, yyyy" } but there are aspects of this workaround that can be confusing to users. Some of them are discussed on the Product Discussion Board: http://community.salesforce.com/sforce/board/message?board.id=discuss&message...
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mehdi_farbod Feb 19 |
this is a no brainer |
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graeme Mar 14 |
Or, have the option to choose an alternative but similar format that also gives the month in full, such as 20 January 2008. We'd also find incredibly useful being able to automatically specify future dates in the same format (TODAY + 3) etc. |
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swanboat Apr 10 |
Please add this, it is the format most sales and marketing users would prefer. |
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lcollz May 15 |
I agree with graeme. We would like to be able to use mail merge to indicate a date 30 days from the createdate of a contract within our customer-facing contracts. |
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drawloopsupport Nov 14 |
Problem solved using LOOP Merge. 30+ Salesforce Ideas Addressed |
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