---
title: "Creating reminder automations in Airtable"
slug: "how-to-create-a-simple-reminder"
description: "There are numerous situations where setting a reminder can be helpful. This article walks through how to set one up using the Airtable Automations feature."
updated: 2025-11-18T21:11:30Z
published: 2025-11-18T21:11:30Z
---

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# Creating reminder automations in Airtable

| **C**[**Plan availability**](https://airtable.com/pricing) | All plan types with [varying limitations](https://support.airtable.com/docs/automations-overview#current-limits) |
| --- | --- |
| **Permissions** | - **Owners/Creators** - Create, delete, duplicate, configure, or rename an automation and edit an automation's description. - **Editors** - View an automation's configuration or copy an automation's URL. |
| **Platform(s)** | Web/Browser, Mac app, and Windows app |

## Creating a reminder using an automation

**To create an automation reminder:**

1. Open your [Airtable home screen](https://airtable.com/).
2. Open the base where you want to set up the reminder.
  - Confirm you have a date or date/time field in your table that represents when you want the reminder to trigger.
3. Click **Automations** in the upper-center of your base.
4. Click **Create an automation**.
5. Set the trigger to “When a record matches conditions.” Configure the condition so it triggers when the date/time field is “today” or matches your desired criteria.
6. Add an action, such as “Send an email” or “Send a notification.” Fill in the details for the message you want to receive as a reminder.
7. Test the automation to make sure it works as expected.
8. Turn on the automation.

## FAQs

**Does this reminder workflow work for recurring dates in the past such as birthdays or anniversaries?**

No, it does not. As a workaround, you could try adding a formula field to your base that would append the current year to the end of a date field. So, we would want to configure a formula that references the "Original Date" field and then adjusts that date to the current year instead. Here's one example of what that formula could look like:

```plaintext
DATETIME_PARSE(
 CONCATENATE(
  DATETIME_FORMAT({Original Date}, 'MM/DD/'),
   DATETIME_FORMAT(
     TODAY(),"YYYY"
                                      )
                              ),
        "MM/DD/YYYY"
    )
```

Comparing this to the example used above, instead of the {Reminder} field, we would use the {Reminder date (Add current year)} field. In your base, remember that you will likely name your fields differently than in this example. Therefore, you'll want to create a customized formula that matches the names of the fields you are referencing.