# Formloom 4 base placeholder date **URL:** \ **Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\ **Created:** [February 5, 2019, 11:40pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/formloom-4-base-placeholder-date/25074 "2019-02-05T23:40:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![manofdogz](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/manofdogz/32/26314_2.png) [@manofdogz](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/manofdogz)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 11:40pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/formloom-4-base-placeholder-date/25074/1 "2019-02-05T23:40:36Z")
Just noticed that in my Formloom 4 forms, the base placeholder date is approx 100 years out of date on forms received. In preview it is fine. Where does #fi-date# pick up the date? My Mac date is fine - bit concerned our server has an incorrect date ---
**Author:** ![manofdogz](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/manofdogz/32/26314_2.png) [@manofdogz](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/manofdogz)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/formloom-4-base-placeholder-date/25074/2 "2019-02-11T16:23:48Z")
Problem solved. In the formloom settings, the default date format is set to “yy-m-d”. In the PHP date format, ‘y’ is a 2 digit representation of the year, i.e., currently “19”. ‘yy’, is just that 2 digit representation twice, so “1919” this year - it would have been “1818” last year. For the full year, it should be ‘Y’. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/system/32/25301_2.png) [@system](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 2:23am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/formloom-4-base-placeholder-date/25074/3 "2019-03-14T02:23:51Z")
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