How to use Handy Date

Insert Handy Date

1. Go to the edit mode.
2. Type  /handy date or click the Insert menu   > Handy Date .
3. Select a date.
4. Update or publish the page.

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Change Handy Date in the page view mode

1. Click the date.
2. Select a new date from the calendar.

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Change the date coloring

You can get a better date visualization with the Handy Date macro coloring feature.

1. Enable Macro coloring by switching on the toggle .
2. See the date coloring changing according to these rules:
   1. the current date - red 
   2. all dates before the current date - red
   3. a week after the current date  - yellow
   4. more than a week after the current date - gray

Note that the Handy Date coloring won't be rendered when exporting Confluence pages to PDF files. All the dates will be grey.