Timestamp Format

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:

Building a Timestamp Format

Use these tokens to build timestamp formats:

Token	Description
YYYY	Year
MM	Month
DD	Day
HH	Hour (24-hour clock)
hh	Hour (12-hour clock)
mm	Minutes
ss	Seconds

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 format	Example	Common Usage
MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ss	12/31/2025 11:59:59 PM	Primarily in the United States
DD/MM/YYYY HH:mm:ss	31/12/2025 23:59:59	Europe, Australia, parts of Asia and Africa
YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss	2025-12-31 23:59:59	ISO 8601 international standard
DD/MM/YYYY hh:mm:ss	31/12/2025 11:59:59 PM	Informal usage globally
DD.MM.YYYY HH:mm.ss	31.12.2025 23:59.59	Commonly in Germanic and Eastern European countries

How Does It Look

Dates appear in the audit log in the specified format: