DateMate turns your course syllabus into calendar events in four simple steps. The entire process takes less than a minute.
Step 1
Sign in with your Google or Microsoft account and upload your course syllabus. DateMate accepts PDF and HTML files up to 10MB. Simply drag and drop your file onto the upload area, or click to browse your files. Most university course outlines, class schedules, and syllabi work right out of the box — no special formatting required.
Step 2
Once uploaded, DateMate sends your document to an AI model that has been trained to understand academic scheduling. It reads through your entire syllabus and identifies every date, deadline, and event — including lectures, midterms, final exams, assignment due dates, group project milestones, presentations, quizzes, labs, tutorials, and more.
The AI understands complex date formats and scheduling patterns commonly found in syllabi. It can parse entries like “Week 7: Feb 10 & 12 — Midterm Review” or “Assignment 2 due March 15 at 11:59 PM” and converts them into structured calendar events with the correct date, time, and title. For courses with multiple lecture sections, DateMate detects them automatically and prompts you to select your section.
Step 3
After extraction, you see a complete list of every event found in your syllabus. Events are organized with checkboxes so you can select exactly which ones you want on your calendar. Each event shows the title, date, time, and event type (lecture, exam, assignment, or other).
You have full control before anything touches your calendar. You can deselect events you do not want, or use the select all and deselect all buttons to quickly filter. The review step ensures that only the events you approve are synced — nothing is added to your calendar without your explicit confirmation.
Step 4
Once you are happy with your event list, click the sync button. DateMate creates each selected event directly on your Google Calendar or Microsoft Outlook Calendar. Lectures appear as recurring events on the correct days and times. Exams and assignment deadlines show up on their exact dates. Within seconds, your entire semester is organized.
After syncing, you can upload another syllabus for a different course and repeat the process. Most students upload all their syllabi at the start of the semester and have their entire academic calendar set up in under five minutes.
Lectures
Regular class sessions, tutorials, labs, workshops, seminars, and any recurring class meetings. DateMate extracts the day of the week, time, and location for each lecture and creates events on the correct dates throughout the semester.
Exams
Midterms, finals, quizzes, in-class tests, and any graded written assessments. These are flagged with their weight percentage when available so you know how important each one is.
Assignments
Due dates for essays, reports, problem sets, group projects, presentations, proposals, demos, and any other submitted or presented deliverables. DateMate captures the deadline date and time so you never miss a submission.
Other Events
Important dates that do not fit neatly into the above categories, such as group enrollment deadlines, peer review periods, or course milestones.
DateMate currently supports Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook Calendar. When you sign in with your Google or Microsoft account, DateMate receives permission to create events on your primary calendar. We use the official Google Calendar API and Microsoft Graph API to ensure reliable, secure event creation.
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