date

Formats a date in the store’s time zone.

Takes a strftime format, or format: with a named format (abbreviated_date, basic, date, on_date, long, short). On Arabic pages month and day names are Arabic, and calendar: ‘hijri’ gives the Hijri date. ‘now’ is the current time.

Syntax

date | date: '%d %b %Y' · date | date: format: 'long' · date | date: calendar: 'hijri'

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
format	string	strftime format (default “%b %d, %Y”).
calendar	string	hijri or gregorian.

Returns

string

Examples

Liquid

{{ article.published_at | date: '%d %B %Y' }} · {{ article.published_at | date: format: 'basic' }}

Output

14 March 2026 · 03/14/2026

Arabic page

Liquid (Arabic page)

{{ article.published_at | date: '%d %B %Y' }} · {{ article.published_at | date: calendar: 'hijri' }}

Output

14 مارس 2026 · 25 رمضان 1447 هـ

Related

• time_tag

Compatibility

Differs from Shopify

Adds Arabic month names and the Hijri calendar.

Since theme platform 1.0.