Date/Time field

With the Date/Time field, users can enter a date and a time, or pick a date from a calendar popup. When the user selects a date from the calendar popup, Platform enters that date and the current time into the Date/Time field. You can define the following properties:

• Field Properties

  • Field Label — (mandatory) is displayed on the left from the field on view, edit, and new record pages.

  • View Header — (optional) is used in headers of views and reports. If not specified, the Field Label is used.

  • View Width — (optional) is used to set width (in pixels or %) of columns in views and reports. If not specified, the browser calculates the width of columns automatically.

  • Default Size — The default size of the input field shown in forms (you can override this default as a page-level property using the page editor).

  • Display full text date value rather than abbreviation: When you create a date/time field, you can specify whether you want to format the value as full text or as an abbreviation and whether you want the field to be automatically populated in specified situations. See Configuring Date and Date/Time field formats for more information.

  • Use current date plus days as default value for newly created records: Whether you want to use the current date, or the current date plus or minus several days, as the default creation date for new records.

  • Use current date plus days as default value for updates and status changes: Whether you want to use the current date, or the current date plus or minus several days, as the default update date for changed records.

• Advanced Field Properties — For more information, see Advanced field properties.

• Integration Name — The integration name is used to reference this field via merge fields or with Platform APIs.

• Field-Level Help — The Field-Level Help box allows you to define help text for the field that will appear in a popup when the user clicks the help icon next to the field.