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FormatDate()

FormatDate is an AMPscript function in the date & time category.

Syntax

FormatDate(date, datePattern, [timePattern], [culture])

Example

%%=FormatDate("2026-08-13", "MM/dd/yyyy")=%%
Rendered output
08/13/2026

Output produced by AmpSend's AMPscript engine (validated against Salesforce's own test corpus) - not a hand-written result.

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Official Salesforce documentation

FormatDate in the official AMPscript reference - or browse the official index of AMPscript functions for platform behavior and edge cases.

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