How do I add dates from my custom table into my email design?

DESCRIPTION:

If needed, its possible to add a merge tag to include a date from your extended table(s). This can be useful when setting up triggered mailings that will be used for multiple events with different dates and times or transactional mailings.

HOW-TO:

To add these timestamps, insert this code into a text field in the Drag and Drop editor:

%%clock format [clock scan [merge table_name.table_field]] -format {%A}%%

The bold section will determine where the date is pulled from and how it is displayed.

table_name - name of the table where the date field is located
table_field - name of the field containing the date information

• Example of date formats:
  %%clock format [clock scan [merge table_name.table_field]] -format {%A, %B %d, %Y at %H:%M %p}%%

  shows Monday, June 26, 2017 at 7:05 PM
  

There are several different ways to format this merge tag based on how you want the date and time to show. All are outlined in this related article: How Do I Add the Current Date and Time to My Email Design?