# Templates
**Templates** in UpNote help you save time by reusing note structures you use often — such as meeting notes, journals, checklists, or project outlines. You can create a new note from a ready-made template or turn any existing note into one.
### Create your own template
To create a template from an existing note, click/tap the **`…`** button in the upper bar of your note editor and select **`Copy to Templates`**
### View/edit templates
You can see all your templates from the Templates section in the sidebar.
You can edit or delete your templates right from the Templates section or quickly create a new template by clicking the **`New Template`** button in the upper right corner of your UpNote window.
*Note: To keep the interface clean, the template section is not displayed if you haven’t created any templates.*
To quickly create a new note from the template, click the **`New note from this template`** button in the top bar of the template editor.
### Create templates with custom date and time
For meeting notes or daily journals, it’s common to insert a date into your note. Simply type **`{{date}}`**, **`{{time}}`**, **`{{datetime}}`** … in the template, and when a template is selected, UpNote will automatically replace the date and time with the current time.
You can customize your date/time formats in your template with date and time tags.
If you want the date format to be like "Monday - Jan 02 2023", you can type **`{{EEEE}} - {{MM}}{{DD}} {{YYYY}}`**
Check out [this table](https://day.js.org/docs/en/parse/string-format#list-of-all-available-parsing-tokens) for all available date and time formats.
### Write from a template
When you create a new note, you can choose to write from the saved templates. After a template is selected, the editor will populate the template content and you can start writing right away.
Tap/click **`select from Templates`** in the new note prompt:
Or type **`/temp`** to insert the template anywhere in your note.
