Date Range
What is a Date Range Field?
Date Range Fields enable you to set a duration of time with a start and end value.
The start and end values, similar to Date/Time Fields, hold a date + time value.
Field Options
Creating or editing a date/time field will have the following options to configure:
Name
This setting allows you to name your Date Range field. For instance, "Vacation Request" or "Appointment Time".
Description
This setting allows you to provide an optional description of this field for your own reference.
End Date/Time Format
This setting allows you to choose the formatting for how the end date and time will be entered on a form component.
End Date/Time Format settings will only affect how end Date/Time Fields are entered on a form. This setting does not affect how end Date/Time Fields saved within a form will be displayed when viewed within other components. When displayed, both start and end values will be displayed as Date/Time Fields.
While the Start Date Format will always display as a Date/Time Field on forms, you have the option to prompt your users to select an End Date/Time Format of either a Date/Time field, a Time Field, or a Duration Field.
By default, End Date/Time formatting is set to show a Date/Time field. This means that on a form component, users will be prompted to choose an end date and time with a Date/Time field format.
Alternatively, there may be circumstances when you want to prompt your users to select a Time field as their end date/time on a form. This can be useful in circumstances where the end date is the same date as the start date and you want to prompt users to select a specific time as the end date/time. For instance, if you have an Event Management application and would like to schedule events that are contracted to end at specific times on the event day, you would choose the Time Field end date/time format to display a Date/Time Field as the start date and only a Time Field as the end date.
There may be circumstances when you want to prompt your users to select a Duration field as their end date/time on a form. This can be useful in circumstances when the end date is the same and the start date and you want to prompt users to select a specific time duration as the end date/time. For instance, if you have an appointment scheduler application to coordinate appointments for a doctor's office, you will choose the Duration field as the end date/time format to enable employees/schedulers to schedule appointments with specific time duration such as 30 minute appointments or 1 hour appointments.
Date Range Field Restrictions
Date Range Fields are object fields. Object fields or individual items within an object may not be available for use in across all Tadabase features, such as Rules, Filters, and Automations.