How To Get Current Date In Long Date Format in a Site Workflow

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I have a requirement to get the day of the week into a workflow variable in a SharePoint Designer Site Workflow.

This means I do not have a "Current Item" that the workflow runs on.

How can I retrieve the current date in long date format (Europe not US) into a variable in a site workflow (note: not a list or item workflow)?

Amal Hashim · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-16 15:25:28Z

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You can do this by creating a workflow variable of type DateTime and then assigning its default value to Current Date

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answered Jan 16, 2015 at 15:17

Amal Hashim

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Current Date doesn't seem to include the day name when I do this. It doesn't return the "Long Date" format.
– motionpotion
Commented Jan 16, 2015 at 15:22
If you click on [%Variable: TodayDate%] can't you see the option to return long date? Check the updated screen shot.
– Amal Hashim
Commented Jan 16, 2015 at 15:25
when I log the output of the variable I see "16 January 2015". I have the return value set to retun Long Date. There is no day available.
– motionpotion
Commented Jan 16, 2015 at 15:35
Ok. I think this is because of the regional settings of the site collection. I will look for another solution.
– Amal Hashim
Commented Jan 16, 2015 at 15:37
I can confirm that this does not work for United Kingdom date format. It does work for US. UK format long date only returns "16 January 2015" while US format long date returns "Friday, 16 January 2015".
– motionpotion
Commented Jan 16, 2015 at 17:18

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