How do I display the start and end date in a recurring invoice’s PDF?

You can add a date to the description field of each item and specify the start and end date of the recurring invoice. Let’s look at an example to understand why you would want to add the date:

To add date to the description field of an item:

• Go to Sales on the left sidebar and select Recurring Invoices.
• Click + New in the top right corner of the page.
• Enter the necessary details.
• In the Add description to your item field under Item Details, start introducing the necessary placeholders:
  • Days are represented with %(d)%, %(day)%, or %(DAY)%.
  • Months are represented with %(m)%, %(month)%, or %(MONTH)% to display the month as a word like January or %(mm)% to display the month as a number like 1.
  • Years are represented with %(y)%, %(year)%, or %(YEAR)%.

Mentioning time frames: Frame your start and end dates in any format using the above variations. The format used to represent days, months, and years can be different.

For example, %(d)% , %(M)% , %(Year)% is a valid format even though days are represented in small letters, months in capital letters, and years are represented with the word ‘Year’.

To add or subtract days, months, or years, simply use the “+” and “-” signs. For example, %(d+15)%,%(m+3)%,%(y)% results in 15 days and 3 months being added.

Delimiters are used in-between the date components. The valid delimiters are comma (,), hyphen (-), dot (.) and white space. If none of these delimiters are specified, space is taken as the default delimiter. Three different delimiters can be used while mentioning a date, but not more than one should be used between a pair of date components.

Example:

• ’%d% , %m% - %y%’ (Two different delimiters comma and hyphen used between the components) - Valid format.

• ’%d% , %m% – %y%’ (Delimiters that are used twice between a pair of date components) - Invalid format.