Hey does anyone have a solution for making the “Da...
# general
c
Hey does anyone have a solution for making the “Date/Time” field user friendly? When I add it to a form it is a free-form text field instead of a date picker, which is going to be very tricky for our users
k
Make 2 fields 1 for date, 1 for time.
If it really needs to be a date/time field - what are you using it for? I might be able to suggest some ideas to make it friendlier.
c
The issue with that is it prohibits users from entering in times spanning multiple dates (for example, an entry into our system for something that started at 11:00 pm on one day, and concluded at 2:00 am the next)
k
Not sure I follow how having two fields instead of 1 causes that problem.
I still wonder what it is you are doing with this field. Is it set at (now) more often than not? Is it always filled out? Blank until a certain criteria is met? Lots of ways to fill it out for the user.
c
I am trying log when something was checked out and when it was checked in (including the time). We need this detail because we charge by the hour for rental of the equipment. So ideally I would have one “start” timestamp, and one “end” timestamp, and then we can calculate the difference between the two with a function. However, if I use the “time” fields alone, then I need a start date field, a start time field, an end date field, and an end time field (so, 4 fields instead of 2) — plus the added complexity of concatenating the dates + times every time we need to get the full date/time
k
Are they entering it as it occurs or after the fact?
c
Usually after it occurs
k
Does the "T" key shortcut work on the field to drop in today's date/time? might make it easier when they are going to fill it out to have it prepopulated with something