How do I get the day of the week onto a date action for a template?

[snsokstan]

Right now I am using [[date| %B %d, %Y]]

That doesn’t name the day of the week.

How do I construct the action to give me Monday, October 25, 2021 ?

[sylumer]

Like this

[[date|%A, %B  %d, %Y]]

[agiletortoise]

For future reference, see the section on date tags in the article below for details. It links out to references and online tools to assist in creating strftime format strings.

Using Drafts Templates

Template Basics Drafts actions consist of “steps.” Action steps are available for a wide range of functions and services: Sending messages, mail, saving files, and much more. Regardless of the purpose of the step, any step that output information has some fields that allow you to control what text the step uses, and (with a few minor exceptions) use templates to dynamically generate that text. If you have poked around in the action editor and wondered what some of those [[title]] and [[body]] …

[snsokstan]

@sylumer Thanks.

@agiletortoise Before I posted I looked at that guide and the link to Dr Drang but didn’t see how to format day of the week (A%). The subsequent link to strftime.net does show that, however.

[sylumer]

@snsokstan

but didn’t see how to format day of the week (A%)

I think you meant %A. The order of those two characters is important.