Working with dates and times

n8n template #1744

Summary

Task: Handle dates and times in your workflow Why: Date and time formats can be hard to work with, we have 2 main ways of doing that with n8n that cover all the main needs Main use cases: Change date format Set custom dates (incl. now and today) Date math

How to set it up

Open template #1744 on n8n.io and click Use for free, or copy the template JSON and paste it onto an empty canvas in n8n.
No app accounts to connect: every node is built into n8n.
Click Execute workflow and step through each node's output to confirm the data looks right.
Toggle the workflow to Active so its trigger runs on its own.

Hand off to your agent

Prompt

Help me set up the n8n workflow "Working with dates and times" (https://n8n.io/workflows/1744). It uses: . Import the template JSON into my n8n instance, list every credential I need to create, and walk me through testing it.

Paste into Claude Code and it will do the rest.

Apps and nodes

Questions

Yes. Jonathan published it free on n8n.io as a verified creator, and it has 71K views. It runs on n8n Cloud or a self-hosted n8n instance.

None. All 0 nodes are built into n8n.