---
title: Webgen::Tag::Date
used_options:
  - tag.date.format
---
## Description

The date tag is used to display the current time in a specific format (the format of Ruby's inbuilt
method [Time#strftime][1]). Have a look a the examples below to see some possible outputs.

[1]: http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Time.html

## Examples

<table class="examples">
<tr>
  <th>Usage</th><th>Output</th>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>\{date:}</td>
  <td>{date:}</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>\{date: {format: '%A, %Y-%m-%d'}}</td>
  <td>{date: {format: '%A, %Y-%m-%d'}}</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>\{date: {format: %x - %X}}</td>
  <td>{date: {format: %x - %X}}</td>
</tr>
</table>