Date field

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A Date field may contain a value that is used to represent a particular calendar date -- specifically, the value stored is the same as that used by Unix and Linux systems to represent dates, which is the number of seconds since January 1, 1970.

This value allows date arithmetic to work readily, by merely doing integer arithmetic with the value.

When a date value is interpreted for import, expert, or display in years, months, and days, the current locale is used. The format for import and export can be specified in program settings.

Name

Textual, case-insensitive field identifier that can include spaces; it's best to avoid characters that can be used as operators, though (standard across all field types)

Hint

Textual, case-insensitive field identifier that can include spaces

Advanced Parameters

Default Value

By default, there is no default value. Alternatively, the default may be set to the current date as of entry or edit of the field within an entry.

Required

Make entry of a value mandatory before saving an entry

Display Options

Display in the list as

Select among the following roles for the current field in the entries list:

• As a Regular field
• As an Entry Name
• As an Entry Description
• As an Entry Status

The field name

Display the name of the field in the card entry (By default, On). By this, it is meant that the field name will or will not be displayed on either the Entry View card or the Entry Edit card.

Font

Choices are:

• Family: Regular, Light, Condensed, Thin, Medium. By default, Regular.
• Style: Normal, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic. By default, Normal.
• Size: By default, 18. Direct entry to change.
• Color: By default, White. Palette of 20 colors, backed up by a continuously variable color chooser.

Dependencies

Ability to add one or more visibility dependencies upon fields with qualifying types.