# Date Format

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/date-format/140818>\
**Category:** APIs & Integrations\
**Tags:** professional\
**Created:** [October 9, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/date-format/140818 "2025-10-09T16:55:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![BGallegos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@BGallegos](https://community.hubspot.com/u/BGallegos)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/date-format/140818/1 "2025-10-09T16:55:00Z")

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I’m creating custom events via custom code in a workflow. The date looks good in Events Management, but it’s incorrect in the contact record.

 ![158209iCDA98074F39C3154.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/9/b/9b9a0942226772ca7175873146ff92a4b587bca6.png)

 ![158210i2816042C707F91B7.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/2X/6/6a3e774775965243976e8aa6787b5326893ab1d5.png)

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**Author:** ![MPhilbin](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/mphilbin/32/152609_2.png) [@MPhilbin](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MPhilbin)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/date-format/140818/2 "2025-10-09T17:15:18Z")

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hey! without further detail--it looks like you have an additional property on your event type, that appears to be a custom property called date. thats what is in that property dropdown on the timeline. you’ll notice in the top right corner, the completion date matches what you see in event management, because that’s our built in timestamp property.  
i’m the pm of custom events--happy to chat more via email or linkedin if you have questions.

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**Author:** ![BGallegos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@BGallegos](https://community.hubspot.com/u/BGallegos)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/date-format/140818/3 "2025-10-09T17:24:20Z")

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Are you saying that the custom date is redundant? I created it because I thought it would be useful in reports. But now I’m thinking the completion date sufficient

 ![158211i79312E4AE98991EF.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/3/736085275fc59514b4cae828629101bff18e0549.png)

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**Author:** ![MPhilbin](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/mphilbin/32/152609_2.png) [@MPhilbin](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MPhilbin)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/date-format/140818/4 "2025-10-09T17:28:30Z")

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yes i think your custom data is probably redundant--as long as you’re setting our occurred at date, which it looks like you are, you _ **should** _ be able to use that wherever you need. if you find that’s not the case, gimme a shout 😊