# Workflow Action - Update Contact Field - Date type field

> Update Date type fields with the following options: Custom Date Update using custom values/fields in the recommended formats: MM-DD-YYYY, Ex : 12-21-2021…

- Source: https://docs.ghlcustomercare.com/docs/workflows/workflow-builder/workflow-action-update-contact-field-date-type-field
- Section: Workflows / Workflow Builder
- Reading time: 1 min
- Images: 4, each explained below
- Modified on Tue, 8 Apr, 2025 at 12:36 PM

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## Update Date type fields with the following options:

![Update Date type fields with the following options: (image 1 of 4)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/48229994125/original/Q9MsZm0kb2DcOOB21N0I6-95EtpPoRH99w.png)

**Update Date type fields with the following options: (image 1 of 4)**

This screenshot appears in the "Update Date type fields with the following options:" section of "Workflow Action - Update Contact Field - Date type field". Immediately after, the guide continues: Update using custom values/fields in the recommended formats: MM-DD-YYYY, Ex: 12-21-2021 DD-MMM-YYYY, Ex: 21-OCT-2021.
- Next: Update using custom values/fields in the recommended formats: MM-DD-YYYY, Ex: 12-21-2021 DD-MMM-YYYY, Ex: 21-OCT-2021

## **Custom Date**

Update using custom values/fields in the recommended formats:  
MM-DD-YYYY, Ex : 12-21-2021  
DD-MMM-YYYY, Ex : 21-OCT-2021

![Custom Date (image 2 of 4)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/48229994192/original/jhHTagkMnBHsUHepl3lpFeWsAouSsrlqdQ.png)

**Custom Date (image 2 of 4)**

This screenshot appears in the "Custom Date" section of "Workflow Action - Update Contact Field - Date type field". The text alongside this image reads: Update using custom values/fields in the recommended formats: MM-DD-YYYY, Ex: 12-21-2021 DD-MMM-YYYY, Ex: 21-OCT-2021. Immediately after, the guide continues: Updates the current date to the selected field.
- What this covers: Update using custom values/fields in the recommended formats: MM-DD-YYYY, Ex: 12-21-2021 DD-MMM-YYYY, Ex: 21-OCT-2021
- Next: Updates the current date to the selected field

## **Current Date**

Updates the current date to the selected field

![Current Date (image 3 of 4)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/48229994336/original/M0b4XIMgKo7G-O0hpgGnab0n8fw5Z_8jmg.png)

**Current Date (image 3 of 4)**

This screenshot appears in the "Current Date" section of "Workflow Action - Update Contact Field - Date type field". The text alongside this image reads: Updates the current date to the selected field. Immediately after, the guide continues: Updates the specific date selected.
- What this covers: Updates the current date to the selected field
- Next: Updates the specific date selected

## **Specific Date**

Updates the specific date selected

![Specific Date (image 4 of 4)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/48229994370/original/N828prua2r7KzsH5iub81N1DQxbw47MB8Q.png)

**Specific Date (image 4 of 4)**

This screenshot appears in the "Specific Date" section of "Workflow Action - Update Contact Field - Date type field". The text alongside this image reads: Updates the specific date selected. For context, this section explains: Update using custom values/fields in the recommended formats: MM-DD-YYYY, Ex: 12-21-2021 DD-MMM-YYYY, Ex: 21-OCT-2021.
- What this covers: Updates the specific date selected

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