Automatically set a date field to todays date

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8 years 8 months ago #277758 by ahicks

Automatically set a date field to todays date was created by ahicks

When someone updates a tab I would like to automatically set a cb field todays date using an auto action. Is this possible, if so how?

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8 years 8 months ago #277764 by krileon

Replied by krileon on topic Automatically set a date field to todays date

Yes it's possible. Use a Field action on the after profile update trigger then set a fields value with the below substitution for example.

[cb:date format="Y-m-d" /]

See the below substitution tutorial for further date substitution usage information.

www.joomlapolis.com/support/tutorials/107-use-cases/18353-using-substitutions-throughout-cb

If necessary you can enable Format Functions under the Parameters tab to use format functions to set the fields value to a date.

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