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2007-12-10 13:56:11

Flashmyster

Registered: Dec 9 2007

Posts: 11

Hello:

I am designing a form and I would like to have a Date field where the date that the form is initially filled out is displayed automatically. I would be grateful if some one would let me know the procedure. Thank you.

2007-12-10 14:35:08

gkaiseril

Online

Registered: Feb 23 2006

Posts: 4307

For Acrobat forms you can use the following document level JavaScirpt to imput the current date into a formatted field called "Current Date":

this.getField("CurrentDate").value = new Date();

In LiveCycle Designer one can use

Num2Date(Date());

in the calculation field to input the current date

George Kaiser

2007-12-12 21:34:21

Flashmyster

Registered: Dec 9 2007

Posts: 11

Thank you very much

2008-01-07 06:38:04

HLF

Registered: Jan 6 2008

Posts: 21

Thank you.

This is a fairly common need and yet my search of many forums failed to come up with an easy to understand and implement approach. The approach given here was exactly what I needed. This forum and its contributors are a great resource.

HLF