Date Time lets authors pick a calendar date, time, and IANA time zone, then shows that moment in the page as clear, readable text. Choose 12- or 24-hour clock, several US and European display styles, and whether to show a weekday or time zone abbreviation. Everything is stored in the macro—no app data store and no extra Confluence permissions required.
Use this guide to add and configure the Date Time macro on your Confluence pages.
Open a Confluence page in edit mode.
Type / or click Insert in the toolbar.
Search for Date Time and select the Date Time macro.
The macro is inserted and the configuration panel opens on the right (if "open on insert" is enabled).
All settings are in the macro panel (not in the macro body). Set each field, then save the page or close the panel as Confluence requires.
Choose the calendar date for the moment you want to display.
Changing clock format updates the Time dropdown and the labels shown for Date & Time Format (the same logical format, expressed for 12- or 24-hour clock).
12-hour clock — the Time list shows times with AM / PM.
24-hour clock — the Time list uses 00:00–23:59 style labels.
Pick the hour and minute from the list. The stored value is always a valid 24-hour time internally; labels in 12-hour mode are for easier reading.
Choose the IANA time zone (for example America/New_York, Europe/London, Asia/Tokyo). The macro interprets your Date and Time as wall clock time in that zone, not in the reader’s local zone.
The panel lists zones with a label that includes a reference abbreviation where applicable. That helps you pick the right region; the exact abbreviation shown on the page (if you turn it on below) depends on the date and time you chose (for example EST vs EDT).
Choose how the date and time are written out. Options include styles such as:
US-style numeric dates (e.g. MM/dd/yyyy with time),
European-style numeric dates (e.g. dd/MM/yyyy with time),
Long written dates (e.g. month name, day, year, with at before the time),
Shorter numeric variants.
The exact characters (month names, weekday if used, AM/PM) follow the viewer’s locale where the platform provides localization, so spelling and ordering may match each reader’s language settings.
No — only the date and time pattern you selected.
Yes - short format — adds a short weekday before the rest (for example Mon, …).
Yes - long format — adds a long weekday before the rest (for example Monday, …).
Yes — appends a single time zone abbreviation in parentheses after the formatted date/time, for that zone at the chosen instant.
No — no abbreviation; only the date/time (and optional weekday) text.
