# Email Template V1 date format timezone issues - Certification Reassignment **URL:** \ **Category:** Bugs\ **Tags:** in-progress, email-templates, sailpoint-identity-security\ **Created:** [March 25, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/email-template-v1-date-format-timezone-issues-certification-reassignment/37714 "2024-03-25T20:25:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![gmilunich](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/sailpoint/discuss/user_avatar/developer.sailpoint.com/gmilunich/32/8431_2.png) [@gmilunich](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/gmilunich)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 1:42pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/email-template-v1-date-format-timezone-issues-certification-reassignment/37714/2 "2024-03-26T13:42:00Z")
Links to topics I have referenced: > [@Using dateTool in email templates](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/using-datetool-in-email-templates/18070): > > Hello We are customising the email template “Campaign Template Pre-Generation Notification Email Template” to modify how the generation date looks. We have been told that this email template is a version 2 template. I am trying to use the \_\_dateTool class as following #set($testDate = $\_\_dateTool.format('dd/MM/yyyy',${generationDate})) and then I use the variable in this sentence Your campaign will be generated on ${testDate} Has anyone used the \_\_dateTool class before? If yes could you … > [@Email template with custom timezone in date value](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/email-template-with-custom-timezone-in-date-value/24000): > > Hi IDN Experts, Is there any way to specify a customized timezone (like NZT) instead of GMT in the email template? Using the default $\_\_dateTool only gives the date time value in GMT timezone which is not quite friendly. Ronald --- _[View the full topic](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/email-template-v1-date-format-timezone-issues-certification-reassignment/37714)._