diff --git a/elements/date/lang/en/customcertelement_date.php b/elements/date/lang/en/customcertelement_date.php
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+<?php
+
+// This file is part of the customcert module for Moodle - http://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Moodle. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+/**
+ * Strings for component 'customcertelement_date', language 'en'.
+ *
+ * @package    customcertelement_date
+ * @copyright  Mark Nelson <markn@moodle.com>
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+$string['dateformat'] = 'Date format';
+$string['dateformat_help'] = 'This is the format of the date that will be displayed';
+$string['dateitem'] = 'Date item';
+$string['dateitem_help'] = 'This will be the date that is printed on the certificate';
+$string['pluginname'] = 'Date';
diff --git a/elements/date/lib.php b/elements/date/lib.php
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+<?php
+
+// This file is part of the customcert module for Moodle - http://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Moodle. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+/**
+ * The date elements core interaction API.
+ *
+ * @package    customcertelement_date
+ * @copyright  Mark Nelson <markn@moodle.com>
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
+
+require_once($CFG->dirroot . '/mod/customcert/elements/element.class.php');
+
+class customcert_element_date extends customcert_element_base {
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor.
+     *
+     * @param stdClass $element the element data
+     */
+    function __construct($element) {
+        parent::__construct($element);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This function renders the form elements when adding a customcert element.
+     *
+     * @param stdClass $mform the edit_form instance.
+     */
+    public function render_form_elements($mform) {
+        // The identifier.
+        $id = $this->element->id;
+
+        $dateitem = '';
+        $dateformat = '';
+
+        // Check if there is any data for this element.
+        if (!empty($this->element->data)) {
+            $dateinfo = json_decode($this->element->data);
+            $dateitem = $dateinfo->dateitem;
+            $dateformat = $dateinfo->dateformat;
+        }
+
+        $mform->addElement('select', 'dateitem_' . $id, get_string('dateitem', 'customcertelement_date'), $this->get_date_options());
+        $mform->addElement('select', 'dateformat_' . $id, get_string('dateformat', 'customcertelement_date'), $this->get_date_formats());
+
+        parent::render_form_elements($mform);
+
+        $mform->setDefault('dateitem_' . $id, $dateitem);
+        $mform->setDefault('dateformat_' . $id, $dateformat);
+
+        // Add help buttons.
+        $mform->addHelpButton('dateitem_' . $id, 'dateitem', 'customcertelement_date');
+        $mform->addHelpButton('dateformat_' . $id, 'dateformat', 'customcertelement_date');
+	}
+
+	/**
+     * This will handle how form data will be saved into the data column in the
+     * customcert column.
+     *
+     * @param stdClass $data the form data.
+     * @return string the json encoded array
+     */
+    public function save_unique_data($data) {
+    	// The identifier.
+        $id = $this->element->id;
+
+        // Get the date item and format from the form.
+        $dateitem = 'dateitem_' . $id;
+        $dateitem = $data->$dateitem;
+        $dateformat = 'dateformat_' . $id;
+        $dateformat = $data->$dateformat;
+
+        // Array of data we will be storing in the database.
+        $arrtostore = array(
+        	'dateitem' => $dateitem,
+        	'dateformat' => $dateformat
+        );
+
+        // Encode these variables before saving into the DB.
+        return json_encode($arrtostore);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Handles displaying the element on the pdf.
+     *
+     * @param $pdf the pdf object, see lib/pdflib.php
+     * @todo functionality missing, add when we start rendering the pdf
+     */
+    public function display($pdf) {
+        global $USER;
+
+        // TO DO.
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Helper function to return all the date options.
+     *
+     * @return array the list of date options
+     */
+    public function get_date_options() {
+	    $dateoptions['1'] = get_string('issueddate', 'certificate');
+	    $dateoptions['2'] = get_string('completiondate', 'certificate');
+
+	    return $dateoptions;
+	}
+
+	/**
+     * Helper function to return all the date formats.
+     *
+     * @return array the list of date formats
+     */
+    public function get_date_formats() {
+	    $dateformats = array();
+	    $dateformats[] = 'January 1, 2000';
+	    $dateformats[] = 'January 1st, 2000';
+	    $dateformats[] = '1 January 2000';
+        $dateformats[] = 'January 2000';
+        $dateformats[] = get_string('userdateformat', 'certificate');
+
+	    return $dateformats;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/elements/date/version.php b/elements/date/version.php
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+<?php
+
+// This file is part of the customcert module for Moodle - http://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Moodle. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+/**
+ * This file contains the version information for the date plugin.
+ *
+ * @package    customcertelement_date
+ * @copyright  Mark Nelson <markn@moodle.com>
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
+
+$plugin->version   = 2013031300;
+$plugin->requires  = 2012112900;
+$plugin->component = 'customcertelement_date';