Today's date. The current date. raw, human and diff are suppressed on this tag; timestamp, time and format work.
| Product | Gravity Forms |
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| Requires | Gravity Forms 2.6.0.1 or later |
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| Needs an entry | No |
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Modifiers
What the merge tag picker offers on this tag.
What to show
| Modifier | Description | Requires |
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timestamp | Unix timestamp. | Gravity Forms 1.9 or later |
Change the output
| Modifier | Description | Requires |
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format | Custom date format. A PHP date() format string. The format is the NEXT colon-separated token, not part of this one; escape any literal colon inside it as \:. | Gravity Forms 1.9 or later |
Other settings
| Modifier | Description | Requires |
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time | Include the time. Appends the time to the formatted date. Ignored when raw, timestamp or diff wins. | Gravity Forms 1.9 or later |
Examples
Rendered by real Gravity Forms and GravityKit PHP against a test entry.
| Merge tag | Output |
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{today} | January 15, 2026 |
With a modifier
| Merge tag | Output | Without the modifier |
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{today:timestamp} | 1768467600 | January 15, 2026 |
{today:time} | January 15, 2026 at 4:00 am | January 15, 2026 |
{today:format:Y-m-d} | 2026-01-15 | January 15, 2026 |