.. highlightlang:: us

.. _@f{createdate}:

@f{createdate}
==============

.. index:: @f{createdate}

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

Displays the date when the document was created.

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

.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: Formatstring

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

.. us.example

**Example**

``Date: @f{createdate(%c)}``

**Output**:

``Date: 02.03.2000 13:29:40``

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-field-functions`,
   :ref:`editupdate-fields`,
   :ref:`diagraminsert-field-function`,
   :ref:`@f{date}`

:sub:`id-1495801`