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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.appian.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>How to populate Date Time field automatically in interface</title><link>https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/user-interface/19249/how-to-populate-date-time-field-automatically-in-interface</link><description>Hi, 
 
 I have created registration form for user to enter their details, When user open Registration form, Date and time field should automatically populate current Date and Time. 
 
 Can someone help me in this. 
 
 
 Regards, 
 Sirisha</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: How to populate Date Time field automatically in interface</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/108544?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2023 06:30:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:4152af56-ecae-422b-86a9-739bc1f09277</guid><dc:creator>Shivakant Agrahari </dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks its working now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: How to populate Date Time field automatically in interface</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/75367?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2020 09:06:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:1f228344-30da-4b8d-bbfe-4a50a6531a4b</guid><dc:creator>Stefan Helzle</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Check one of the following recipes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/20.2/recipe-set-the-default-value-based-on-a-user-input.html" href="https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/20.2/recipe-set-the-default-value-based-on-a-user-input.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/20.2/recipe-set-the-default-value-based-on-a-user-input.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/20.2/recipe-set-the-default-value-of-an-input-on-a-start-form.html" href="https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/20.2/recipe-set-the-default-value-of-an-input-on-a-start-form.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/20.2/recipe-set-the-default-value-of-an-input-on-a-start-form.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/20.2/recipe-set-the-default-value-of-cdt-fields-based-on-a-user-input.html" href="https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/20.2/recipe-set-the-default-value-of-cdt-fields-based-on-a-user-input.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/20.2/recipe-set-the-default-value-of-cdt-fields-based-on-a-user-input.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/20.2/recipe-set-the-default-value-of-an-input-on-a-task-form.html" href="https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/20.2/recipe-set-the-default-value-of-an-input-on-a-task-form.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/20.2/recipe-set-the-default-value-of-an-input-on-a-task-form.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;​​​​​​​&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: How to populate Date Time field automatically in interface</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/75361?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2020 08:33:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:a09dd208-b580-4a31-ae44-40612db3defa</guid><dc:creator>Laurens Weijzig</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;You can create a local variable with the now() function and set this as the value for the date/time field.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When the form is loaded, the now() function returns the current date and time. The user can update the value if you allow it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre class="ui-code" data-mode="text"&gt;a!localVariables(
  local!value: now(),
  a!dateTimeField(
    value: local!value,
    saveInto: local!value
  )
)&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>