adding the purchase date to the POS and mobile receipt

Retail & Point of Sale
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Topic summary

Goal: Include the purchase date on emailed POS receipts to support a 60-day return policy for in-person sales.

What changed:

  • A community member shared a simple Liquid snippet to display the date in the notification template using the current timestamp.
    • Code: {% assign today = ‘now’ | date: ‘%B %d, %Y’ %} and then output it with

      Today’s Date: {{ today }}

      (they removed the label text to show only the date).
  • Placement guidance: Inserted around line 90, right after the purchase order number in the template.

How to implement:

  • Shopify admin → Settings → Notifications.
  • Open “Order confirmation” → Edit HTML/CSS.
  • Locate the desired section and add the date snippet.

Notes:

  • The code snippet (Liquid) is central to the solution and formats the date like “January 15, 2026.”

Status/outcome:

  • Practical instructions provided; no confirmation from the original poster on final implementation or whether it fully meets the “purchase date” requirement. Discussion appears open.
Summarized with AI on January 15. AI used: gpt-5.
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Hi, We are doing in person sales only with the POS app. when we email a receipt it is important to have the purchase date in the email as we offer returns only within 60 days of purchase.

I have edited the code a little with success, but don’t know what code to add or where to add it. If anyone can suggest those things, I would love to try to add it myself.

Thank you.

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I didn’t add in the text to put in… I did put it on line 90 just after purchase order number. and I took out ‘Today’s Date’ so it just shows the actual date.

{% assign today = ‘now’ | date: ‘%B %d, %Y’ %}

Today’s Date: {{ today }}

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and this is how to get to the code to make the change…

Go to Shopify admin → Settings → Notifications. Go to Order confirmation → Edit HTML/CSS. Locate the section where you want to add the date.