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language: en
title: Changing date format in reminder templates
category: Email and notifications
summary: Learn how to replace the default date format in reminder email templates with the format you prefer for your event reminders.
---

# Changing date format in reminder templates

By default, the **date format** in the **reminder email templates** is **"YYYY-MM-DD"**, but you can change it to the format you prefer.

Making this change is very simple. [Log in](https://account.tucalendi.com/login) with your TuCalendi username and password and go to the **"Email/SMS Templates"** option.

![Notification templates menu](https://www.tucalendi.com/images/content/email-and-notifications/en/email-sms-templates-menu.png)

In the **"Reminder templates"** option, click on **"Select"**:

![Create a new reminder template](https://www.tucalendi.com/images/content/email-and-notifications/en/create-new-reminder-templates.png)

If you have not created a template yet, click on the **"New"** button and enter the **name** you want the reminder template to have:

![Create a new reminder template](https://www.tucalendi.com/images/content/email-and-notifications/en/new-reminder-template.png)

Initially, the template is **empty** so that you can fully **customize** it. Click on the field called **"DEFAULT"**:

![Change date format in reminder templates](https://www.tucalendi.com/images/content/email-and-notifications/en/change-date-format-reminder-template.png)

In the **"Format options"**, click on the dates to display the **available options**.

![Date format](https://www.tucalendi.com/images/content/email-and-notifications/en/date-fomat.png)

Just select the one you want to appear in the **event reminder emails**.

When you are finished, click **"Save"** and the date format will be stored in the **event reminder template** of your online calendar.