diff --git a/application/Espo/Core/Htmlizer/Htmlizer.php b/application/Espo/Core/Htmlizer/Htmlizer.php
index 055550cba2..1f7d78aff9 100644
--- a/application/Espo/Core/Htmlizer/Htmlizer.php
+++ b/application/Espo/Core/Htmlizer/Htmlizer.php
@@ -260,13 +260,20 @@ class Htmlizer
 
         $data = $this->getDataFromEntity($entity, $skipLinks);
 
+        if (!array_key_exists('today', $data)) {
+            $data['today'] = $this->dateTime->getTodayString();
+        }
+
+        if (!array_key_exists('now', $data)) {
+            $data['now'] = $this->dateTime->getNowString();
+        }
+
         foreach ($additionalData as $k => $value) {
             $data[$k] = $value;
         }
 
         $html = $renderer($data);
 
-
         $html = str_replace('?entryPoint=attachment&', '?entryPoint=attachment&', $html);
 
         if ($this->getEntityManager()) {
diff --git a/application/Espo/Core/Utils/DateTime.php b/application/Espo/Core/Utils/DateTime.php
index 71ee463539..fd17d1e7a8 100644
--- a/application/Espo/Core/Utils/DateTime.php
+++ b/application/Espo/Core/Utils/DateTime.php
@@ -189,4 +189,38 @@ class DateTime
     {
         return date($this->getInternalDateFormat());
     }
+
+    public function getTodayString($timezone = null)
+    {
+        if ($timezone) {
+            $timezoneObj = new \DateTimeZone($timezone);
+        } else {
+            $timezoneObj = $this->timezone;
+        }
+
+        $dateTime = new \DateTime();
+        $dateTime->setTimezone($timezoneObj);
+
+        return $dateTime->format($this->getPhpDateFormat());
+    }
+
+    public function getNowString($timezone = null, $format = null)
+    {
+        if ($timezone) {
+            $timezoneObj = new \DateTimeZone($timezone);
+        } else {
+            $timezoneObj = $this->timezone;
+        }
+
+        $dateTime = new \DateTime();
+        $dateTime->setTimezone($timezoneObj);
+
+        if ($format) {
+            $phpFormat = $this->convertFormatToPhp($format);
+        } else {
+            $phpFormat = $this->getPhpDateTimeFormat();
+        }
+
+        return $dateTime->format($phpFormat);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/application/Espo/Resources/i18n/en_US/Template.json b/application/Espo/Resources/i18n/en_US/Template.json
index 2dcdfa8ef8..f47defea3e 100644
--- a/application/Espo/Resources/i18n/en_US/Template.json
+++ b/application/Espo/Resources/i18n/en_US/Template.json
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
         "pageOrientation": {
             "Portrait": "Portrait",
             "Landscape": "Landscape"
+        },
+        "placeholders": {
+            "today": "Today (date)",
+            "now": "Now (date-time)"
         }
     },
     "tooltips": {
diff --git a/client/src/views/template/fields/variables.js b/client/src/views/template/fields/variables.js
index f1323d129d..b2b7e8d025 100644
--- a/client/src/views/template/fields/variables.js
+++ b/client/src/views/template/fields/variables.js
@@ -86,12 +86,15 @@ Espo.define('views/template/fields/variables', 'views/fields/base', function (De
 
             this.attributeList = attributeList;
 
-            attributeList.unshift('');
+            if (!~this.attributeList.indexOf('now')) {
+                this.attributeList.unshift('now');
+            }
 
-            this.translatedOptions = {};
-            attributeList.forEach(function (item) {
-                this.translatedOptions[item] = this.translate(item, 'fields', entityType);
-            }, this);
+            if (!~this.attributeList.indexOf('today')) {
+                this.attributeList.unshift('today');
+            }
+
+            attributeList.unshift('');
 
             var links = this.getMetadata().get('entityDefs.' + entityType + '.links') || {};
 
@@ -135,6 +138,12 @@ Espo.define('views/template/fields/variables', 'views/fields/base', function (De
 
             var entityType = this.model.get('entityType');
             this.attributeList.forEach(function (item) {
+                if (~['today', 'now'].indexOf(item)) {
+                    if (!this.getMetadata().get(['entityDefs', entityType, 'fields', item])) {
+                        this.translatedOptions[item] = this.getLanguage().translateOption(item, 'placeholders', 'Template');
+                        return;
+                    }
+                }
                 var field = item;
                 var scope = entityType;
                 var isForeign = false;