.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: @f{date}

.. _@f{date}:

@f{date}
========

.. us.tag  @f{date} NOTREADYENGLISH fieldfunction

Writes the current date.

.. function::  @f{date}
    @f{date(Formatstring)}

.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: Formatstring

   As an optional parameter a format string can be specified. See
   :ref:`DT_Format` for list of all options.

.. us.example

**Example**

``Date: @f{date}``

``Date: @f{date(%d.%m.%Y)}``

``Week: @f{date(KW %W)}``

**Output**:

``Date: 07.10.98``

``Date: 07.10.1998``

``Week: KW 40``

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-field-functions`,
   :ref:`editupdate-fields`,
   :ref:`diagraminsert-field-function`

:sub:`id-1005606`