Content Manager 25.1 Content Manager

# Date and time Additional Fields

Date fields

A date field is a field that is set to use dates only.

Once this format is selected, the following option becomes available:

- Default Value - set a default value that will appear in the field when it is used for an object.

  Use the calendar function to either select a date from the calendar, or use the drop-down list to select a predefined date range:

  - Today
  - Tomorrow
  - Yesterday.

Date and Time fields

A Date and Time field is a field that is set to use dates and times only.

Once this format is selected, the following option becomes available:

- Time is Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) - select this check box to never convert to local time.

NOTE: Enabling UTC means that:

- When you enter a value for this field on a data entry form, it is expected that you will be entering the date in UTC
- When you search for records based on one of these fields, you will be entering any search dates as UTC

- When the field value is displayed, it will display the suffix "(UTC)".

- Default Value - set a default value that will appear in the field when it is used for an object.

  Use the calendar function to either select a date from the calendar, or use the drop-down list to select a predefined date range:

  - Today
  - Tomorrow
  - Yesterday.

NOTE: Content Manager will capture the date received for email messages as Date Received. To support multilingual sites, the following values can be used:

- English - Date Received
- Dutch - Ontvangstdatum
- French - Date de reception.

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Product: Content Manager 25.1

Topic Title: Date and time Additional Fields