How to add today's date to a PDF

Add a date to a PDF in four steps

• Open your PDF in the editor (drag and drop the file or pick it from your computer).
• Select the add-text tool from the toolbar.
• Click the spot where the date goes — the blank in a date field, or the line beside your signature.
• Type today's date and click away. Then download the finished PDF to your device.

Why the date matches the rest of the form

When you add text, the editor looks at the type around where you clicked and reuses that font, size, and color. So a date you type into a contract picks up the same look as the printed lines next to it, instead of landing as obvious pasted-on Arial.

That matters most on signed documents. A date that visibly clashes with the form is the first thing a reviewer notices. Matching the surrounding type keeps the whole page looking like one clean document.

Pairing the date with a signature

Most of the time you add a date because you're signing something — a lease, an agreement, a release form. Do both in one pass.

Sign first with the signature tool (draw your signature with the mouse or type it), drop it on the signature line, then switch to add-text and type the date on the adjacent date line. Both edits stay local to your device, and you download a single signed-and-dated PDF at the end.

• Use the signature tool for the signature line.
• Use add-text for the date beside or below it.
• Drag either element to fine-tune its position before downloading.

Working with flat date fields

Many PDFs aren't interactive — the boxes that look fillable are just printed lines and labels with no clickable form behind them. You can't click into them like a web form, but you don't need to.

With the add-text approach you simply click on top of the blank space and type. This works the same whether the field is labeled 'Date', 'Effective Date', or sits at the bottom of a signature block — you're placing your own text exactly where the date should read.

Format the date however you need

There's no fixed format — you type the date yourself, so you control exactly how it reads. Match whatever the document expects.

• Numeric: 06/17/2026 or 2026-06-17
• Written out: June 17, 2026
• Day-first for international forms: 17 June 2026
• Just the year, or month and year, when that's all a field asks for