# Show page dates on a Confluence calendar

To show page dates on a Confluence calendar, write them as Confluence date chips, or Capable Event macros, in the paragraph or table row that describes them, then insert the **Calendar (Capable)** macro with **Source** left unset. Each paragraph or row becomes one event, titled from its text, with any @-mentioned people as participants.

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## Before you start

* You need permission to edit the page.
* Plain typed dates such as 3 March are not picked up. Use a Confluence date chip or an Event macro.

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## Steps

1. Open the page in the editor and write a line for each event, such as a sentence, a table row, an action item or a decision.
2. In that line, type **//** to insert a Confluence date, or insert **Event (Capable)** for an event with times and an owner.
3. @-mention anyone involved in the same paragraph or row.
4. Insert **Calendar (Capable)** where the calendar should appear, and leave **Source** unset.
5. Under **Event types**, keep Confluence Date macros and Capable Event macros selected, or select none to show everything.
6. Publish the page.

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## If it does not work

* **A date never appears.** A date chip on a line by itself has no text to become a title, so it is skipped. Put words in the same paragraph.
* **Several dates became one event.** All dates in one paragraph or row make a single event from the earliest to the latest. Split them into separate lines.
* **A date should not be on the calendar.** Open the macro and click it under **Hidden on-page events**.

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## Related

### [How Confluence dates on a page become events](https://help.gocapable.com/calendar/how-confluence-dates-on-a-page-become-events.html)

The rules for turning dates into events.

### [Event](https://help.gocapable.com/calendar/event.html)

An inline date pill with times and an owner.

### [Calendar](https://help.gocapable.com/calendar/calendar.html)

Every Calendar macro setting.

### [Adding calendars to Confluence pages](https://help.gocapable.com/calendar/adding-calendars-to-confluence-pages.html)

More guides for calendars on pages.

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_Write the plan once. The calendar follows._