Question:
How to insert a dynamic date into a mailing?
Solution:
It may be desired to include a member specific date in the mailing content. For example, the footer of the content could include the date that the particular member joined the list.
This is achieved using the "timeformat" mail merge tag.
The syntax is:
The date joined example would be:
and would print: Fri Mar 01 15:40:00 PDT 2015
A variation on the date joined formatting would be:
and would print: 03/01/02 15:40:00
The web documentation has a complete listing of all formatting codes:
Version 9.3x
http://www.lyris.com/help/lm_help/9.3/Content/How_To_Format_Dates.html
Version 10.2x
http://www.lyris.com/help/lm_help/10.2/Content/How_To_Format_Dates.html
Date joined is only one example. Any date field, including custom demographics, can be used with this function.
The function can also report the current system time.
would print the date when the particular message is sent, based on the system time.
