# How to Set Date Format for Date Fields
You can apply date format to `EditableDate` and `DateSigned` fields to specify the desired format for displaying date values.

## Supported date formats
BoldSign API supports a variety of date formats, including:
- MM/dd/yyyy
- dd/MM/yyyy
- dd-MMM-yyyy
- MMM-dd-yyyy
- MMM dd,yyyy
- dd MMM,yyyy
- yyyy,MMM dd
- yyyy/MM/dd
- dd-MM-yyyy
- MM-dd-yyyy
- yyyy-MM-dd

## Applying date format to editable date fields

To apply a date format to the `EditableDate` fields, use the `dateFormat` property in the `EditableDateFieldSettings` object.

## Applying date format to date digned fields

To apply a date format to the `DateSigned` fields, use the `dateFormat` property.

## Default date format
If no format is specified, BoldSign uses the default format from your account settings, which you can manage in your BoldSign [Business profile](https://support.boldsign.com/kb/article/13899/change-default-date-format).

Here are example codes you can use to set the date format for date fields:

### Code snippet

{% codetab %}

cURL

```shell 
curl -X 'POST' \
  'https://api.boldsign.com/v1/document/send' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' \
  -H 'X-API-KEY: {your API key}' \
  -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
  -F 'Title="Sample Document"' \
  -F 'Signers={
  "name": "hanky",
  "emailAddress": "hankyWhites@gmail.com",
  "signerType": "Signer",
  "signerRole": "Signer",
  "formFields": [
    {
      "id": "DateSigned",
      "name": "DateSigned",
      "fieldType": "DateSigned",
      "pageNumber": 1,
      "bounds": {
        "x": 100,
        "y": 100,
        "width": 125,
        "height": 25
      },
      "isRequired": true,
      "dateFormat": "dd/MM/yyyy"
    },
    {
      "id": "EditableDate",
      "name": "EditableDate",
      "fieldType": "EditableDate",
      "pageNumber": 1,
      "bounds": {
        "x": 100,
        "y": 100,
        "width": 125,
        "height": 25
      },
      "isRequired": true,
      "editableDateFieldSettings": {
        "dateFormat": "dd/MM/yyyy",
        "minDate": "2023-07-01T18:18:08.567Z",
        "maxDate": "2023-07-31T18:18:08.567Z"
        }
    }
  ],
  "locale": "EN"
}' \
  -F 'Files=@{your file}' \
```

C#

```csharp
var apiClient = new ApiClient("https://api.boldsign.com", "{Your API key}");
var documentClient = new DocumentClient(apiClient);

var documentFilePath = new DocumentFilePath
{
    ContentType = "application/pdf",
    FilePath = "{Your File path}"
};

var filesToUpload = new List<IDocumentFile>
{
    documentFilePath,
};

var DateSignedField = new DateSignedField(
    isRequired: true,
    pageNumber: 1,
    bounds: new Rectangle(x: 100, y: 100, width: 125, height: 25),
    dateFormat:"dd/MM/yyyy",
    id: "DateSignedField"
    );

var EditableDateField = new FormField(
    id: "EditableDate",
    isRequired: true,
    type: FieldType.EditableDate,
    pageNumber: 1,
    bounds: new Rectangle(x: 200, y: 200, width: 125, height: 25),
    editableDateFieldSettings: new EditableDateFieldSettings(dateFormat:"dd/MM/yyyy"));

var formFieldCollections = new List<FormField>()
{
    DateSignedField,
    EditableDateField
};

var signer = new DocumentSigner(
    signerName: "David",
    signerEmail: "david@cubeflakes.com",
    formFields: formFieldCollections,
    locale: Locales.EN);

var documentSigners = new List<DocumentSigner>()
{
    signer
};

var sendForSign = new SendForSign()
{
    DisableEmails = true,
    Signers = documentSigners,
    Title = "Sample Document",
    Files = filesToUpload
};
var documentCreated = documentClient.SendDocument(sendForSign);
Console.WriteLine(documentCreated.DocumentId);
```

Python

```python
import requests
import json

url = "https://api.boldsign.com/v1/document/send"

signer_data = {
    "name": "hanky",
    "emailAddress": "hankyWhites@gmail.com",
    "signerType": "Signer",
    "signerRole": "Signer",
    "formFields": [
    {
      "id": "DateSigned",
      "name": "DateSigned",
      "fieldType": "DateSigned",
      "pageNumber": 1,
      "bounds": {
        "x": 100,
        "y": 100,
        "width": 125,
        "height": 25
      },
      "isRequired": True,
      "dateFormat": "dd/MM/yyyy"
    },
    {
      "id": "EditableDate",
      "name": "EditableDate",
      "fieldType": "EditableDate",
      "pageNumber": 1,
      "bounds": {
        "x": 200,
        "y": 200,
        "width": 125,
        "height": 25
      },
      "isRequired": True,
      "editableDateFieldSettings": {
        "dateFormat": "dd/MM/yyyy",
        "minDate": "2023-07-01T18:18:08.567Z",
        "maxDate": "2023-07-31T18:18:08.567Z"
        }
    }
    ],
    "locale": "EN"
}

payload = {
    'Signers': json.dumps(signer_data),
    'Title': "Sample Document"
}

files = [
    ('Files', ('{Your file name}', open('{Your file path}', 'rb'), 'application/pdf'))
]

headers = {
    'accept': 'application/json',
    'X-API-KEY': '{Your API key}'
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=payload, files=files)

print(response.text)
```

NodeJS

```js
const axios = require('axios');
const FormData = require('form-data');
const fs = require('fs');
let data = new FormData();
data.append('Signers', '{\r\n  "name": "hanky",\r\n  "emailAddress": "hankyWhites@gmail.com",\r\n  "signerType": "Signer",\r\n  "signerRole": "Signer",\r\n  "formFields": [\r\n    {\r\n      "id": "DateSigned",\r\n      "name": "DateSigned",\r\n      "fieldType": "DateSigned",\r\n      "pageNumber": 1,\r\n      "bounds": {\r\n        "x": 100,\r\n        "y": 100,\r\n        "width": 200,\r\n        "height": 200\r\n      },\r\n  "isReadOnly": true,\r\n  "dateFormat": "dd/MM/yyyy",\r\n  "isRequired": true\r\n}\r\n  ],\r\n  "locale": "EN"\r\n}');
data.append('Signers', '{\r\n  "name": "hanky",\r\n  "emailAddress": "hankyWhites1@gmail.com",\r\n  "signerType": "Signer",\r\n  "signerRole": "Signer",\r\n  "formFields": [\r\n    {\r\n      "id": "EditableDate",\r\n      "name": "EditableDate",\r\n      "fieldType": "EditableDate",\r\n      "pageNumber": 1,\r\n      "bounds": {\r\n        "x": 100,\r\n        "y": 100,\r\n        "width": 200,\r\n        "height": 200\r\n      },\r\n "editableDateFieldSettings": {\r\n "dateFormat": "dd/MM/yyyy",\r\n "minDate": "2023-07-01T18:18:08.567Z", \r\n "maxDate": "2023-07-31T18:18:08.567Z"\r\n },\r\n "isReadOnly": true,\r\n  "dateFormat": "dd/MM/yyyy",\r\n  "isRequired": true\r\n}\r\n  ],\r\n  "locale": "EN"\r\n}');
data.append('Files', fs.createReadStream('{Your file path}'));
data.append('Title', "Sample Document");

let config = {
  method: 'post',
  maxBodyLength: Infinity,
  url: 'https://api.boldsign.com/v1/document/send',
  headers: { 
    'accept': 'application/json', 
    'X-API-KEY': '{Your API key}', 
    ...data.getHeaders()
  },
  data : data
};

axios.request(config)
.then((response) => {
  console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data));
})
.catch((error) => {
  console.log(error);
});
```

{% /codetab %}
In the above example, set the `fieldType` as `dateSigned` or `editableDate` and `dateFormat` property to one of the supported date formats. Upon executing the above code, a document will be generated with the specified date format values for the date signed and editable date fields.