# tStandardizeDate

Standardizes date and timestamp values from selected input columns.

tStandardizeDate parses selected columns using built-in or additional date patterns. It keeps the input columns unchanged and adds a standardized column for each configured column.

This component is available from the 8.0.1-R2026-10 Talend Studio monthly release.

This component is not shipped with your Talend Studio by default. You need to install it using the Feature Manager. For more information, see [Installing features using the Feature Manager](https://help.qlik.com/talend/r/en-US/8.0/studio-user-guide/install-features-to-talend-studio).

### In this section

* [tStandardizeDate Standard properties](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/standardize/tstandardizedate-standard-properties)

**Related tasks**

* [Standardizing customer birth dates with a dynamic schema](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/standardize/tstandardizedate-customer-birthdates "Standardize customer birth dates from different source formats while preserving customer names. Use a dynamic schema to identify the birth date field at runtime.")