Repeating Invoice Template - Date Placeholders to show as YYYY MM
In Recurring invoice templates provide date placeholders in numeric form, so you can format as YYYY MM, e.g. 2024 12, 2025 01, 2025 02 etc. Rather than the most similar option of 2024 December. This would also be beneficial within the decriptions of the lines to show dates from/to e.g 2024-12-03 to 2025-01-02 (for a monthly subscribtion or similar), instead of it populating as 2024-December-03 to 2025-January-02.
Sharon Bonnici-Roberts
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Mike Brearton
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Vendor bills often have YYYYMM in their invoice numbers. It would be easier to match if repeating bills allowed me to use "MM" placeholder within the reference.
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Daniel Minnick
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Word’s native date switches (YYYY MM) are incredibly powerful, but Xero’s 2007-era parser often ignores or strips this formatting during the repeat cycle. We need a modernized document stack that respects modern Word logic so we can stop being forced into 'December 2024' formats. Check out the technical audit here: https://productideas.xero.com/forums/967115-invoices-quotes/suggestions/51245914-modernize-advanced-templates-full-support-for-mod
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Brandon Butterworth
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amazed something so trivial and fundamental is missing