====== Custom Date Type ======

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The **Custom Date Type** feature gives you the ability to customize the format of your item’s process dates that are shown on printed price tags.

===== Editing the Tag Date =====

Enable the **Custom Date** **Type** and edit your tag date format: \\ {{updateenhancements:5_1:5_1invmodoptions:51customdatetag_image3.png|image3.png}}

  - In the Liberty **Inventory Module**, click **Setup** at the top of the window.
  - Then in the drop-down menu, click **Options…**, then enter your Liberty login when prompted. \\ {{updateenhancements:5_1:5_1invmodoptions:51customdatetag_image2.png|image2.png}}
  - Then, in the **Maintain Options** dialog, click **Printing**in the left-hand menu.
  - To use the **Custom Date Type**, unsure the radio button for **Custom** in the **Data Type** section.
  - From there, you are then able to edit the way the date will be presented on your price tags. This is done in the following format:
    * YYYY  - Four digit year
    * YY  - Two digit year
    * MM - Two digit month
    * DD - Two digit day \\ For example, if the date was October 9th 2020, the custom format of **YYYY-DD-MM** would read out as **2020-09-10**
  - Then click **OK** to apply your changes.

===== Tag Example (with format of YYYY-DD-MM) =====

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After that, when printing tags, you will see the date reflected in the format you specified in the **Custom Date Type**, as shown in the above example (tag style of the example is ‘Vertical Tag’)

==== Related Topics ====

[[printing2:tagprinting:printingtagsoverview]]

[[setup:requiredsetupsteps:inventorymodule:selectprinterdefaults]]

[[reports:settingreportsparameters]]