Can't add date in a "fill and sign" W-9 document. How do I do this?

[mayflyaway]

Yes, I looked in the previous questions and there is no workaround provided even though Adobe marked the question as answered.

I need to fill out the W-9 and the date section is not fillable. When I sign all it adds is my signature without a date and there does not seem to be any "Type" tool that will allow me to add a date to the date section. So how do I get a date on there?

This is ridiculous. Ive now spent 30 minutes trying to add a date to the damn form supplied by the IRS. WHY? WHY? WHY?

Can someone at least suggest some other software that will allow me to fill, sign and DATE the forms supplied by IRS?

[Paul22749155hsyw]

Agreed. this is a mess of a solution. I used to be able to do this with Adobe Acrobat, but now it won't let me add text to the date. Please fix with your next update. Adobe Pro is not cheap. These are features your users are paying for.

[gtirta]

I found another workaround that works if you already have two signatures saved:

• Create an image with the date, save as .jpg or .png
• Create a custom stamp with the image
• Use stamp in the date field

[chrism22381985]

You can easily add a date by going to the comment tab on the right, and once youre there it will let you add a text field where the date is.

[Kim27325175mzvx]

Thank you so much for explaining how to input a date on the W9 form.in Adobe 👍

[ls_rbls]

You're welcome

[JasynL · Accepted solution]

I have probably a much faster approach to fixing this. Open the web version at https://acrobat.adobe.com. Click the three-dot menu, then click on "Print to file..." Select "Save as PDF." Then, the document may be treated as any other normal PDF. 

[ls_rbls]

@JasynL ,

Thank you for updating the thread with that solution!

[martir68364484]

THIS IS THE MOST INFURIATING THING EVER. BEEN BEATING MY HEAD OVER THIS FOR AN HOUR!! WHY DOESN;T THITS WORK?????? ALWAYS JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS AND RESEARCHING WORKAROUNDS. TECHNOLOGY IS GOING BACKWARDS IN A BIG EFFING WAY!!

[abigaile85921467]

Super easy solution. Thank you!

[ls_rbls]

You're welcome. And also a shout out to all of those who have contributed with other solutions.

[coryh56652555]

Open the file in Illustrator if you have it. Replace Helvetica with Nibus sans if you need to. Convert all text to outlines. Save PDF. Open PDF in Acrobat, should be able to fill out the entire W9