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ScottSaporito
ScottSaporito
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May 8, 2014
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Is there anyway to record the time of a signature on a document?

  • May 8, 2014
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I work in real estate and timely signatures are very important. Is there anyway to show the time a document was signed on the actual document?

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Correct answer OldDirtyGamer

Hi Scott,

Yes, this is quite possible using the text-tagging feature in Echosign. A sample of this text-tagging code would be the following for a signature block along with the date and the time:

{{Sig1_es_:signer1:signature}}

{{Date_es_:signer1:date}}

{{Time_es_:signer1:calc(now()):format(Date,”hh:nn:ss tt”)}}

So, in the instance where it shows the {{Time}} block, the calculation would be broken down as follows:

{{Time_es_:signer1:calc(now()):format(Date,"hh:nn:ss tt")}}

"calc" tells the app to calculate, "now" returns the date and time when the signature is signed. Along with the Date, you also get the hours(hh), minutes (nn), and seconds (ss). The "tt" at the end designates the AM or PM status whereas if you wanted to use Military or 24-hour time, you'd drop the "tt" and simply use "HH" in place of the "hh".

I hope this answers the question for you and if there are any other questions in follow-up to this, feel free to ask!

Also, for additional information on text-tagging, feel free to check this link.

ODG.

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OldDirtyGamerCorrect answer
Participating Frequently
May 8, 2014

Hi Scott,

Yes, this is quite possible using the text-tagging feature in Echosign. A sample of this text-tagging code would be the following for a signature block along with the date and the time:

{{Sig1_es_:signer1:signature}}

{{Date_es_:signer1:date}}

{{Time_es_:signer1:calc(now()):format(Date,”hh:nn:ss tt”)}}

So, in the instance where it shows the {{Time}} block, the calculation would be broken down as follows:

{{Time_es_:signer1:calc(now()):format(Date,"hh:nn:ss tt")}}

"calc" tells the app to calculate, "now" returns the date and time when the signature is signed. Along with the Date, you also get the hours(hh), minutes (nn), and seconds (ss). The "tt" at the end designates the AM or PM status whereas if you wanted to use Military or 24-hour time, you'd drop the "tt" and simply use "HH" in place of the "hh".

I hope this answers the question for you and if there are any other questions in follow-up to this, feel free to ask!

Also, for additional information on text-tagging, feel free to check this link.

ODG.

ScottSaporito
ScottSaporitoAuthor
Participant
May 9, 2014

Thanks for the response, I definitely learned something new today about these text tags. I read where you can use Pro versions of Arcobat to design a form and use these text tags. I only have Acrobat 8 Basic and I don't think I can create forms. Is there any way to use text tags from within Echosign? Or maybe another program?

Thanks.

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OldDirtyGamer
Participating Frequently
May 13, 2014

In my experiences, text-tagging cannot be used directly in EchoSign but rather in a text document (notepad, word pad, Microsoft Office, etc) and then imported into EchoSign as a template document or widget.

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