Any way to retain Date field when in editing mode?

[Anonymous]

Hello!

This community has been very helpful and I'd like to thank you all! There's just one issue I can't seem to find a solution for online.

When an app is generated from a SP list, it's pretty basic with 3 screens. If I click the "Edit" button in the top right, the Date field will not retain and will default to the current date, which I've configured for the data entry screen. So my question is, can the date be retained on a specific record when users select the Edit button?

Thanks in advance!

[Anonymous]

@Anonymous 

Sounds like you've set the DefaultDate of the Date field in your Form to Today()? Is this correct?

If so, change it to this

If(EditForm1.Mode = FormMode.Edit,Parent.Default, Today())

Just change 'EditForm1' to match your Form name

[WarrenBelz]

Hi @Anonymous ,

The control should retain the date in both View and Edit modes as long as the Default of the control is set to ThisItem.FieldName where FieldName is the actual field in the data source of the form. Check that the Default is not set to Today() or Now() as this seems to be the case form what you are describing.

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[Anonymous]

Hi @Anonymous 

This worked!!

Thank you! In the defaultdate field, I had "Text( Now(), DateTimeFormat.LongDate )"

[Anonymous]

Happy to help. 

Just on formatting Date Pickers, there is a 'Format' property where you can adjust this. Makes things very easy 🙂