diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 162cb752..4f7655ba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -369,6 +369,8 @@ Substitution                    Description
                                 creation time
 {created.mon}                   Month abbreviation in the user's locale of
                                 the file creation time
+{created.dd}                    2-digit day of the month (zero padded) of
+                                file creation time
 {created.doy}                   3-digit day of year (e.g Julian day) of file
                                 creation time, starting from 1 (zero padded)
 {modified.date}                 Photo's modification date in ISO format,
@@ -381,6 +383,8 @@ Substitution                    Description
                                 modification time
 {modified.mon}                  Month abbreviation in the user's locale of
                                 the file modification time
+{modified.dd}                   2-digit day of the month (zero padded) of
+                                the file modification time
 {modified.doy}                  3-digit day of year (e.g Julian day) of file
                                 modification time, starting from 1 (zero
                                 padded)
@@ -1369,6 +1373,7 @@ The following substitutions are availabe for use with `PhotoInfo.render_template
 |{created.mm}|2-digit month of the file creation time (zero padded)|
 |{created.month}|Month name in user's locale of the file creation time|
 |{created.mon}|Month abbreviation in the user's locale of the file creation time|
+|{created.dd}|2-digit day of the month (zero padded) of file creation time|
 |{created.doy}|3-digit day of year (e.g Julian day) of file creation time, starting from 1 (zero padded)|
 |{modified.date}|Photo's modification date in ISO format, e.g. '2020-03-22'|
 |{modified.year}|4-digit year of file modification time|
@@ -1376,6 +1381,7 @@ The following substitutions are availabe for use with `PhotoInfo.render_template
 |{modified.mm}|2-digit month of the file modification time (zero padded)|
 |{modified.month}|Month name in user's locale of the file modification time|
 |{modified.mon}|Month abbreviation in the user's locale of the file modification time|
+|{modified.dd}|2-digit day of the month (zero padded) of the file modification time|
 |{modified.doy}|3-digit day of year (e.g Julian day) of file modification time, starting from 1 (zero padded)|
 |{place.name}|Place name from the photo's reverse geolocation data, as displayed in Photos|
 |{place.country_code}|The ISO country code from the photo's reverse geolocation data|
diff --git a/osxphotos/_version.py b/osxphotos/_version.py
index 709950d9..3d49c8be 100644
--- a/osxphotos/_version.py
+++ b/osxphotos/_version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """ version info """
 
-__version__ = "0.29.2"
+__version__ = "0.29.3"
diff --git a/osxphotos/datetime_formatter.py b/osxphotos/datetime_formatter.py
index d5fdeef3..1cd9b658 100644
--- a/osxphotos/datetime_formatter.py
+++ b/osxphotos/datetime_formatter.py
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ class DateTimeFormatter:
         mon = f"{self.dt.strftime('%b')}"
         return mon
 
+    @property
+    def dd(self):
+        """ 2-digit day of the month """
+        dd = f"{self.dt.strftime('%d')}"
+        return dd
+        
     @property
     def doy(self):
         """ Julian day of year starting from 001 """
diff --git a/osxphotos/photoinfo/photoinfo.py b/osxphotos/photoinfo/photoinfo.py
index 3c1bc001..da7887ff 100644
--- a/osxphotos/photoinfo/photoinfo.py
+++ b/osxphotos/photoinfo/photoinfo.py
@@ -836,6 +836,9 @@ class PhotoInfo:
         if lookup == "created.mon":
             return DateTimeFormatter(self.date).mon
 
+        if lookup == "created.dd":
+            return DateTimeFormatter(self.date).dd
+
         if lookup == "created.doy":
             return DateTimeFormatter(self.date).doy
 
@@ -877,6 +880,11 @@ class PhotoInfo:
                 else None
             )
 
+        if lookup == "modified.dd":
+            return (
+                DateTimeFormatter(self.date_modified).dd if self.date_modified else None
+            )
+
         if lookup == "modified.doy":
             return (
                 DateTimeFormatter(self.date_modified).doy
diff --git a/osxphotos/photoinfo/template.py b/osxphotos/photoinfo/template.py
index 154344d5..198fcb5b 100644
--- a/osxphotos/photoinfo/template.py
+++ b/osxphotos/photoinfo/template.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ TEMPLATE_SUBSTITUTIONS = {
     "{created.mm}": "2-digit month of the file creation time (zero padded)",
     "{created.month}": "Month name in user's locale of the file creation time",
     "{created.mon}": "Month abbreviation in the user's locale of the file creation time",
+    "{created.dd}": "2-digit day of the month (zero padded) of file creation time",
     "{created.doy}": "3-digit day of year (e.g Julian day) of file creation time, starting from 1 (zero padded)",
     "{modified.date}": "Photo's modification date in ISO format, e.g. '2020-03-22'",
     "{modified.year}": "4-digit year of file modification time",
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ TEMPLATE_SUBSTITUTIONS = {
     "{modified.mm}": "2-digit month of the file modification time (zero padded)",
     "{modified.month}": "Month name in user's locale of the file modification time",
     "{modified.mon}": "Month abbreviation in the user's locale of the file modification time",
+    "{modified.dd}": "2-digit day of the month (zero padded) of the file modification time",
     "{modified.doy}": "3-digit day of year (e.g Julian day) of file modification time, starting from 1 (zero padded)",
     "{place.name}": "Place name from the photo's reverse geolocation data, as displayed in Photos",
     "{place.country_code}": "The ISO country code from the photo's reverse geolocation data",
diff --git a/tests/test_datetime_formatter.py b/tests/test_datetime_formatter.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b88dfa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_datetime_formatter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+""" test datetime_formatter.DateTimeFormatter """
+import pytest
+
+def test_datetime_formatter():
+    import datetime
+    import locale
+    from osxphotos.datetime_formatter import DateTimeFormatter
+    
+    locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, "en_US")
+
+    dt = datetime.datetime(2020,5,23)
+    dtf = DateTimeFormatter(dt)
+
+    assert dtf.date == "2020-05-23"
+    assert dtf.year == "2020"
+    assert dtf.yy == "20"
+    assert dtf.month == "May"
+    assert dtf.mon == "May"
+    assert dtf.mm == "05"
+    assert dtf.dd == "23"
+    assert dtf.doy == "144"
diff --git a/tests/test_template.py b/tests/test_template.py
index a9ea3c4c..b7d7b605 100644
--- a/tests/test_template.py
+++ b/tests/test_template.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ TEMPLATE_VALUES = {
     "{created.mm}": "02",
     "{created.month}": "February",
     "{created.mon}": "Feb",
+    "{created.dd}": "04",
     "{created.doy}": "035",
     "{modified.date}": "2020-03-21",
     "{modified.year}": "2020",
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ TEMPLATE_VALUES = {
     "{modified.mm}": "03",
     "{modified.month}": "March",
     "{modified.mon}": "Mar",
+    "{modified.dd}": "21",
     "{modified.doy}": "081",
     "{place.name}": "Washington, District of Columbia, United States",
     "{place.country_code}": "US",
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ TEMPLATE_VALUES_DEU = {
     "{created.mm}": "02",
     "{created.month}": "Februar",
     "{created.mon}": "Feb",
+    "{created.dd}": "04",
     "{created.doy}": "035",
     "{modified.date}": "2020-03-21",
     "{modified.year}": "2020",
@@ -71,6 +74,7 @@ TEMPLATE_VALUES_DEU = {
     "{modified.mm}": "03",
     "{modified.month}": "März",
     "{modified.mon}": "Mär",
+    "{modified.dd}": "21",
     "{modified.doy}": "081",
     "{place.name}": "Washington, District of Columbia, United States",
     "{place.country_code}": "US",