Creating a Date field

• Under any list click on fields
• Click + Create New Field
• Type in a field name
• From “Field Type” Drop Down List select “Date”
• Click “New Field” and you’re good to go.
• You can toggle “Add Time” if you’d like to add time alongside the date.

Examples

Due Date

• Every task list has a due date field created by default
• The due date’s color will change according to its relation with the current date
• If it’s in the past it will turn Red
• If it’s today it will turn Green
• You can filter according to it in My Work.

Start & End dates

In Timeline and Calendar views you can select a Start and an End Date

• Each record displayed in those views is represented as a bar
• The bar starting point is the designated start date
• The bar end point is the designated end date

Creation Date

This is an automatically generated system field that shows the record creation date.

Last Modified Date

A system field that holds shows the last date and time any field in the record was modified

Last Activity Date

Any activity related to the record including leaving a comment will update the date and time in this system field.