Date time

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Capture a delivery appointment with both its day and time. The form displays the date and time together and passes the workspace time zone to its date converter.

A calendar date with a time.

DATE_TIME

Use when

Delivery appointment: 14 October 2026 at 09:30

Choose another type for

Date-only deadlines

On a form

A date and time picker displaying dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss.

In views

Can be selected for configured data view columns. Configure its display in the data view settings.

In Smart Script

getCurrentValue() has a String return type for every field type; an unset value can be null. Parse the date text before date arithmetic.

Import and export

The importer cleans the cell text and forwards it as a string. Inspect the analysis preview before confirming. Configure field settings, defaults and form rules in the destination workspace.

Example

Delivery appointment: 14 October 2026 at 09:30

Settings

Setting	What it does
Show in record details	Includes this field in the record details; forms and data views are configured separately.
Show in the record header	Includes this field among the record header fields.
Position	Sets the order in record details; lower numbers appear first.
Virtual field	Computes the value at display time instead of storing it.
Encrypt values	Choose encryption when you create the field.
Encryption key	Select an ACTIVE encryption key.
Default value	Sets a plain value or Smart Script for new records.

Name the field

Start the field name with an English letter. Use letters, digits, spaces and underscores.

What's next

Which field type should I use?Choose a field type by what people will enter and what you want to do with it later, from short text and dates to lookups, relations and smart fields.Add a fieldAdd a field to a module so people can capture a new piece of information, such as a contract's end date.

Last checked 2026-10-14