In addition to time zones, you can customize the timestamps in the deliverables sent to your customers.

​
Default Timestamp Format

To set a new default timestamp format for your account:

  1. Go to dashboard settings.
  2. Navigate to the Timestamp Format section.

​
Envelope Timestamp Format

To set a specific timestamp format for an individual envelope, use the timestamp_format parameter when creating the envelope:

{
  "title": "Dummy Agreement",
  "label": "Dummy Agreement for Order Ref. 25005",
  "timestamp_format": "MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ss",
  "metadata": {
    //...
  },
  "documents": [
    //...
  ],
  "recipients": [
    //...
  ]
}

​
Building a Timestamp Format

Use these tokens to build timestamp formats:

TokenDescription
YYYYYear
MMMonth
DDDay
HHHour (24-hour clock)
hhHour (12-hour clock)
mmMinutes
ssSeconds

You can use these separators:

  • Date separators: / (slash), - (dash), . (period), (space)
  • Time separators: : (colon), . (period)

For example, to build the commonly used US date format, you would use the following tokens and separators:

MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ss

This will appear in the audit logs as 12/31/2025 11:59:59 PM.

​
Examples of Timestamp Formats

Here are common timestamp formats used in different regions:

Timestamp formatExampleCommon Usage
MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ss12/31/2025 11:59:59 PMPrimarily in the United States
DD/MM/YYYY HH:mm:ss31/12/2025 23:59:59Europe, Australia, parts of Asia and Africa
YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss2025-12-31 23:59:59ISO 8601 international standard
DD/MM/YYYY hh:mm:ss31/12/2025 11:59:59 PMInformal usage globally
DD.MM.YYYY HH:mm.ss31.12.2025 23:59.59Commonly in Germanic and Eastern European countries

​
How Does It Look

Dates appear in the audit log in the specified format: