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How to Add a Dynamic Date and Time to Your ActiveCampaign Emails

How to add a dynamic date and time to ActiveCampaign emails

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In this article, we'll show you how to add a dynamic date and timer to your ActiveCampaign emails.

How to Find the Name of Your Custom Field

Open the Emails tab on the left side of your campaign editor, and click on Advanced Settings:

You will now see a pop-up window, where you can select your custom field:

How to Add a Dynamic Date and Time to Your ActiveCampaign Emails

Note: There can be a delay between when the webhook triggers the deadline for a contact and when the contact's custom field gets populated with their deadline. Because of this, we recommend that you don't use the custom field in your emails until at least one day after the deadline is initially triggered.

1. Select Personalization Tags

In your ActiveCampaign email editor, place the cursor where you want to add the dynamic date and time and click Personalize:

2. Add Personalization

In the Add a personalization box, scroll down and select your custom field:
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This will insert your custom field placeholder into your email:

If you are being tracked for this campaign and send yourself an email, you will see that the placeholder has been replaced with your deadline information.

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