# Format date & time so that mail client (apple mail, Gmail etc) recognise add to calendar
**URL:** https://community.brevo.com/t/format-date-time-so-that-mail-client-apple-mail-gmail-etc-recognise-add-to-calendar/3868
**Category:** Campaigns
**Created:** [Mars 21, 2025, 12:30 UTC](https://community.brevo.com/t/format-date-time-so-that-mail-client-apple-mail-gmail-etc-recognise-add-to-calendar/3868 "2025-03-21T12:30:16Z")
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### Author:  [@Unit60](https://community.brevo.com/u/Unit60)
#### Post date: [Mars 21, 2025, 12:30 UTC](https://community.brevo.com/t/format-date-time-so-that-mail-client-apple-mail-gmail-etc-recognise-add-to-calendar/3868/1 "2025-03-21T12:30:16Z")
What I would like to achieve, is to send email campaigns with date and time formatting so that the email client (apple mail, Gmail etc) recognise and sugest the « add to calendar » callout box, but I have tried all sorts of different formatting and it would appear that the manner in which Brevo processes and packages the email, it simply wont work.
Attaching a .ics file, or adding a google calendar link just feels clumsy and amateurish. Even my kids school manages to send out emails in which the date and time are detected and I can simply add to calendar with one click!
Is this a Brevo issue? Might this be a feature request, or has anyone figured out how to do this yet??
Thanks for reading 🙂
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### Author:  [@ahudavert](https://community.brevo.com/u/ahudavert)
#### Post date: [Mars 28, 2025, 2:25 UTC](https://community.brevo.com/t/format-date-time-so-that-mail-client-apple-mail-gmail-etc-recognise-add-to-calendar/3868/2 "2025-03-28T14:25:11Z")
Hi @Unit60 ,
Thanks for posting on this community.
So basically what you want to achieve is:
- you write something like « Monday, March 31st » in your email
- and on your recipient’s side, when she reads this email, she can click on « Monday, March 31st » and add it to her calendar
is that correct?
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### Author:  [@Unit60](https://community.brevo.com/u/Unit60)
#### Post date: [Mars 28, 2025, 2:59 UTC](https://community.brevo.com/t/format-date-time-so-that-mail-client-apple-mail-gmail-etc-recognise-add-to-calendar/3868/3 "2025-03-28T14:59:02Z")
Hi @ahudavert ,
in a nut shell, yes; but further more, so that the mail client automatically (at the top) prompts to add to calendar. I’ve tried almost all variants, from adding « time datetime= » tags to putting date/time in « a » tags, as well as adding json script… I only get, if I hover over the date/time, a dropdown to add, which I feel is too obscure for our students.
Any help or suggestions would be welcome 🙂