Date stamp for PDF, free to design
Stamp today’s date (or any date) onto a PDF in your chosen format and color.
Date stamp templates, ready to edit
Open the stamp maker with any of these
Every preview on this page carries a faint Estamplab watermark. Your own download does not: the editor renders your stamp again, clean, as a transparent PNG, an SVG or a PDF. See the full template library.
When to use Date stamp
- Date received / processed
- Approvals with a date
- Logging and filing
How to make Date stamp
- Open the stamp maker and pick the Date template, or type your own wording.
- Pick the border style, set the colour, and place any date, time or serial line where it fits.
- Grab the transparent PNG if you are placing it on screen, or the pack if it has to survive printing.
How to put a date stamp on a PDF
On a Mac you do not need Acrobat. Open the PDF in Preview, choose Tools, then Annotate, then Image, and place the date stamp on the page. Preview keeps the transparency, so only the ink lands on the document. Export as PDF when you are finished rather than saving over the original.
What size should a date stamp be?
Decide the physical size before the pixel size. A date stamp that will print at 40 mm should be exported at that size rather than made large and shrunk afterwards, because scaling down thickens the ink and scaling up softens the edges. Vector formats sidestep the question entirely since they redraw at any size.
What a date stamp does not prove
Whether a date stamp is required, optional or meaningless depends on the country and on the document. Many common-law jurisdictions stopped requiring a seal years ago while specific instruments still expect one. Check the rule for the place the organisation is registered, not the place the document is being sent.
Frequently asked questions
Is the date stamp free?
There is no charge to make a date stamp, no account needed, and no watermark on what you see. The charge is for the file, $1.50 for one format or $3.00 for the complete set.
Can I add a date to the date stamp?
Yes. Switch the date on and it sits inside the date stamp. Leave the date field empty and it fills itself in whenever the stamp is used, rather than freezing the day you designed it.
What format do I get?
A transparent PNG is the one most people want, and it is available on its own. SVG, PDF, EPS and Word are pack-only, because a vector that rescales forever is not the same product as a flat image.
Is this a maker or just a template?
A date stamp maker with samples to start from. A downloadable date stamp template locks you into whatever it was drawn at, whereas a date stamp design here changes whenever you need it to and the date stamp generator rebuilds it instantly. Create the date stamp online, and pay only for the file: the date stamp price is $1.50 for a date stamp png, $3.00 for everything, starting from any date stamp sample.