Option to show real dates instead of relative dates like "tomorrow" | Consistent due date display
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Raiden Frunk
The option to switch date displays to exact dates. So instead of "1 day ago" it will display the date you set.
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Bugra Oktay
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The ClickApp to choose the date formatting is now live! Please feel free to continue providing feedback and suggestions for improvement. We'll keep monitoring.
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Jonas Litton
I use ClickUp in a browser and cannot find the toggle for this. When I go to "Apps" in my workspace settings, the only thing available is an API token generator. Is this date-fixing ClickApp only applicable to the desktop app version?
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Bugra Oktay
Jonas Litton - no, it's not but you need to be an admin of the workspace to modify ClickApps.
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Jonas Litton
Bugra Oktay I'm the admin over every workspace in my account. Here is a photo of all I see when I go to my Apps settings.
ANA PAULA DE ALMEIDA CASTRO
Hello, where do I put the date to show as real? I didn't find it here. I didn't even find that app.
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Bugra Oktay
ANA PAULA DE ALMEIDA CASTRO - Go to your workspace settings > App Center > ClickApps > Use Relative Dates
ANA PAULA DE ALMEIDA CASTRO
Bugra Oktay So I can't find this app here, I've already gone to the settings, I've been to apps and there's no such app. I've looked at every app so far and there isn't one.
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Bugra Oktay
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The ClickApp to choose the date formatting is now live! Please feel free to continue providing feedback and suggestions for improvement. We'll keep monitoring.
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ZATA TRADING
Bugra Oktay It good news. It would be great to share in a post how to turn on this feature. Thanks in advance for your support and expecting to receive the instructions to turn it on.
Mara
ZATA TRADING it is in the ClickApps.
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Bugra Oktay
Thanks for making this possible! As written before :
Yet :
- I agree with the comments about hovering.
- I don't want to use it for my whole workspace, only for specific lists or folders. So I can't say it is a solution for me, it really doesn't answer my needs.
- Also, I really get lost with all these numbers. I won't mind being able the add the day of the week it is (as an option) : "Wed. 9/17/25"
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ZATA TRADING
Mara Dear Mara. Thanks very much for your support in changing the configuration. For my activities, this option is very crucial. Best Regards from Brasil.
Ethan Whitted
Bugra Oktay Woohoo!!! Thank you!! You rock, ClickUp!
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Ruud
Bugra Oktay I don't really see the need of a clickapp for this? I would have preferred a user setting and a 'company default' setting for users.
E.g. the default date format is mm/dd/yyyy as is normal for an American. We use dd-mm-yyyy and that is possible to set up, but every user has to do it, and it is also not respected in all areas of clickup (e.g. a form date picker).
So making something to set up user defaults would have provided more value, and setting this as a toggle per user would have been more logical in my perspective.
But I have not been bothered by this problem, so I might be dragging in irrelevant arguments here :P
Martin Widemann
wonderful! :-)
finally, please add german date format, using dots instead of slashes!
e.g. 23/10/2025 -> 23.10.2025
Clemence Wiart
Bugra Oktay This is awesome! Thank you! Is it intended that this does not affect some date columns, like last updated, date done, date created, date closed? Doesn't have the year for this year's update. I wish it could be the same date format for all fields, or at least be clear on which fields are affected.
Kim Thomas
Woo-Hoo! That's fantastic - thank you!
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Bugra Oktay
Update:
The ClickApp to control this date formatting will be available on September 10th. Woot woot!Shahen Halebian
Bugra Oktay This is great! It sounds like the setting will reflect the workspace settings. Does that mean each individual user won't be able to turn on/off this setting for themselves?
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Vincent D'Amico
Shahen Halebian since its based on clickapp. I think it's based on the space where you have the dates listed.
Is that correct Bugra Oktay thanks again looking forward to seeing it in action.
João Jesus
Bugra Oktay this is great news! Thanks for this new very important improvement! �
Ethan Whitted
Bugra Oktay Woohoo! Thanks!!
Elsa Sosa
look forward to it. Will this be available for all the different subscription tiers? Will there be charges to access this feature?
Stacey Lopez
Bugra Oktay so happy to see this live today!
Thanks for pushing this through!
I had to look for it in Click Apps and then saw that the default is "ON" for showing those relative date names, and was able to turn it off to see true numerical dates.
One fine tweak that would be additionally helpful...
Date in list display is 9/15/25
On hover, I can see the date as Sep 15
Would be great, if, on hover, it read "Fri, Sep 15"
Daniel Urbano
Bugra Oktay Great! I just tried the feature and is working.
One recommendation though:
It would be great if you could still add the relative date when you hover over the date. That makes absolutely more sense to me.
Example below:
Jon Rowand
Bugra Oktay I'm not finding this toggle in my ClickApp. Refreshed for updates and checked both at the space level as well in workspace setting. Has this been feature been implemented in all ClickUp workspaces and I'm just missing it or there is still more rolling out to do?
Jon Rowand
Bugra Oktay, please disregard my question here. I was able to get online help to find the toggle.
For anyone else following along who might be confused by the limited documentation at this current moment, I learned it is in the "App Center" / not in the ClickApps. Here is a rundown that I found helpful:
Press
Cmd + J
on Mac or Ctrl + J
on PC to open the Command Center.Type
Open App Center
to find the Open App Center command.Press
Return
on Mac or Enter
on PC.- From your Global Navigation:
Click More.
Select Integrations.
- From your Workspace settings:
In the upper-left corner, click your Workspace avatar.
Click Apps.
These methods will help you access the App Center directly from the ClickUp desktop app. If you need further assistance, feel free to ask!
Mara
Bugra Oktay Thanks for giving an option for that.
Yet :
- I agree with the comments about hovering.
- I don't want to use it for my whole workspace, only for specific lists or folders. So I can't say it is a solution for me, it really doesn't answer my needs.
- Also, I really get lost with all these numbers. I won't mind being able the add the day of the week it is (as an option) : "Wed. 9/17/25"
Elena Glaeser
Bugra Oktay Any possibility of this being available at the Space level as opposed to the Workspace level? We have many Teams with many different preferences :)
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Bugra Oktay
Merged in a post:
customize date format
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Rami Thaher
please make it be able to customize date format and ability to keep the modified date format into the exported to excel
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Bugra Oktay
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Hello everyone - we are now working on a new ClickApp that will allow you to choose between using relative and absolute date formats (e.g. today vs. 8/21/25). It should come to a workspace near you within the next month.
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Shreyansh Jain
Hi Bugra Oktay, Thank you for the update.
Please let it be user based setting and not a workspace wide thing.
Ethan Whitted
Bugra Oktay Woohoo! Excited for this!
Guy Mannerings
Bugra Oktay Would probably prefer this to be an option per-field, rather than Workspace-wide.
Or, failing that, at the user level.
But thanks for providing an option rather than one way only! 🙌
João Jesus
Bugra Oktay this is great. Finally we'll be able to have "real dates". This will be a very important update. Thanks! 👍🏻
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Vincent D'Amico
Bugra Oktay that is awesome to here. A small but mighty update for sure.
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Vincent D'Amico
Guy Mannerings yes I had the same thoughts myself.
Ryan MacAlmon
Hi Bugra Oktay, This is great. Thanks for the update. Will this be a user setting or workspace setting, and will this apply to all date format fields (standard and custom)? Thank you
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Vincent D'Amico
Ryan MacAlmon now that I think about it. It seems to be a ClickApp, which can be turned on space by space. But it will mean its not based on the users or fields option. It will be by space if im understanding correctly since its a clickapp? Bugra Oktay
Troy Mifsud
Bugra Oktay Thank you thank you. Been waiting for this for years!!!
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Bugra Oktay
The first iteration will be a workspace level ClickApp but we'll also look into space and user level options in the future as well. Please keep the feedback coming after this improvement arrives and we'll prioritize.
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Benjamin Spradlin
Yes, would love to see an option to set the real date in some circumstances on fields. Frankly, would rather see it as a List option rather than a Field, User or Space option...if possible. Most circumstances I like the relative, but there are views I create I'd rather see the actual date.
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Shreyansh Jain
I completely agree with this Benjamin Spradlin
Guy Mannerings
Definitely optional. I personally like the current set up, but can see why others would not.
Shahen Halebian
This would be a very convenient added feature. It is something our staff are annoyed with and frequently request, as we print out physical task sheets sometimes for certain staff and when there is a date listed as "tomorrow" or "Wednesday", it can create major problems.
There is a workaround through formulas and I've gone through the hardship of figuring out the working formula for this. The formula in essence copies the Start or Due date, and formats to mm/dd/yyyy, always. I haven't figured out yet how to add the 3 letters of the month instead of the month number.
If anyone is interested in using this formula, here it is below. Just note, sometimes copying and pasting a formula into the advanced editor doesn't work; sometimes you actually have to manually type it in, which is a pain for long formulas.
START DATE:
CONCATENATE(MONTH(field("Start date")), "/", DAY(field("Start date")), "/", YEAR(field("Start date")), " ", IF(HOUR(field("Start date")) > 12, HOUR(field("Start date")) - 12, IF(HOUR(field("Start date")) = 0, 12, HOUR(field("Start date")))), ":", IF(MINUTE(field("Start date")) < 10, "0", ""), MINUTE(field("Start date")), " ", IF(HOUR(field("Start date")) >= 12, "PM", "AM"))
DUE DATE:
CONCATENATE(MONTH(field("Due date")), "/", DAY(field("Due date")), "/", YEAR(field("Due date")), " ", IF(HOUR(field("Due date")) > 12, HOUR(field("Due date")) - 12, IF(HOUR(field("Due date")) = 0, 12, HOUR(field("Due date")))), ":", IF(MINUTE(field("Due date")) < 10, "0", ""), MINUTE(field("Due date")), " ", IF(HOUR(field("Due date")) >= 12, "PM", "AM"))
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