Print Modelling: How to best display formatted Today

[richard-lunar-spruce]

In a Print Model for a letter, I want to display the current date.

However, when I add a Text Element with a Calculation of type String for Today with a date format “dd.MM.YYYY” or “dd.MM.yyyy”, the date is not displayed in the desired output format in the print preview.

How can I display Today in the desired output format?

[jasper-silent-root]

Put a date type definition in the document model and reference that in this computation.

Otherwise, my settings are the same as yours.

[malcolm-silver-ice]

Interesting workaround @jasper-silent-root

[christoph-swift-kernel]

Actually, it’s not a workaround but the suggested solution. Currently, it’s the only possible way to handle this.

[richard-lunar-spruce]

Thanks for the solution @jasper-silent-root - it works as intended!