Date Field

With the Date Field type, users can enter a date or pick a date from a calendar popup. 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: Whether you want to us the date format or long date format on application pages. 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.