# Custom column formatting

**URL:** <https://community.datagrok.ai/t/custom-column-formatting/855>\
**Category:** Features\
**Tags:** datagrok\
**Created:** [April 2, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.datagrok.ai/t/custom-column-formatting/855 "2024-04-02T16:14:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![dkovalyov](https://community.datagrok.ai/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@dkovalyov](https://community.datagrok.ai/u/dkovalyov)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.datagrok.ai/t/custom-column-formatting/855/1 "2024-04-02T16:14:47Z")

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Column formatting has been improved and you can now set the custom column format. Here is how you can set it on the date column.

![custom-date-formatting](https://community.datagrok.ai/uploads/default/original/1X/42d0ddb2cee95e0f30b5dd57fef1ad22d956112e.gif)

@ptosco it is related to [#2716](https://github.com/datagrok-ai/public/issues/2716). I think that’s the thing you wanted to do with the dates - you can just set the column format instead of creating the new string column (so you can work with the dates instead).