# Date Field

### About this export

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| **content_type** | lesson |
| **platform** | contentstack-academy |
| **source_url** | https://www.contentstack.com/academy/courses/contentstack-end-user-training-eut-/date-field |
| **course_slug** | contentstack-end-user-training-eut- |
| **lesson_slug** | date-field |
| **markdown_file_url** | /academy/md/courses/contentstack-end-user-training-eut-/date-field.md |
| **generated_at** | 2026-05-28T12:30:01.712Z |

> Part of **[Contentstack End User Training (EUT)](https://www.contentstack.com/academy/courses/contentstack-end-user-training-eut-)** on Contentstack Academy. **Academy MD v3** — structured for retrieval; no quiz or assessment keys.

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#### Lesson text

The **Date** field accepts a date in the \*ISO format. When you add this field in the content type, it renders a calendar to select the date and time on the entry page.

![CSendUserTraining\_L12\_img-1.png](https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/blt1c0c9d89b2107b66/67ddc31c314d676a921b7427/CSendUserTraining_L12_img-1.png)

You can deactivate the time field using the ‘Hide Time’ option under its properties.

(**\*ISO forma**t - The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) date and time format is a standard way to express a numeric calendar date -- and optionally time -- in a format that eliminates ambiguity between entities.)

![CSendUserTraining\_L12\_img-2.png](https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/blt9972a14cf96760a8/67ddc335c5b83ee6a2924fe9/CSendUserTraining_L12_img-2.png)

# **Understanding with an example**

*   You can use a Date field to capture something like a Published Date of a Blog post.
    
*   If you want to capture a Date and Time for a Purchase Order, you can use a Date field along with Time.
    

This field has specific properties you can change anytime per your needs.

The properties that can be modified are:

*   **Basic**
    
    *   **Display Name**
        
    *   **Unique ID**
        
    *   **Instruction Value**
        
    *   **Help Text**
        
    
*   **Advanced**
    
    *   **Default Value**
        
        *   **Created Date**
            
        *   **Custom Date**
            
        
    *   **Options**
        
        *   **Mandatory**
            
        *   **Hide Time**
            
        *   Set Date Range
            
            *   Start Date
                
            *   End Date
                
            
        *   **Multiple**
            
            *   **Max Limit**
                
            
        *   **Non-localizable**
            
        
    

# **Further Reading**

*   [About Date Field](https://www.contentstack.com/docs/developers/create-content-types/date/)

#### Key takeaways

- Connect **Date Field** back to your stack configuration before moving to the next module.
- Capture one concrete artifact (screenshot, Postman call, or code snippet) that proves the step works in your environment.
- Re-read the delivery versus management boundary for anything you changed in the entry model.

## Supplement for indexing

### Content summary

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### Retrieval tags

- Date
- Field
- contentstack-end-user-training-eut-
- lesson 12
- Date Field
- contentstack-end-user-training-eut- lesson

### Indexing notes

Index this lesson as a primary chunk tagged with lesson_id "12" and topics: [Date, Field].
Parent course slug: contentstack-end-user-training-eut-. Use asset_references URLs as thumbnail hints in search results when present.
Never surface LMS quiz content or assessment answers from this file.

### Asset references

| Label | URL |
| --- | --- |
| CSendUserTraining\_L12\_img-1.png | `https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/blt1c0c9d89b2107b66/67ddc31c314d676a921b7427/CSendUserTraining_L12_img-1.png` |
| CSendUserTraining\_L12\_img-2.png | `https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/blt9972a14cf96760a8/67ddc335c5b83ee6a2924fe9/CSendUserTraining_L12_img-2.png` |

### External links

| Label | URL |
| --- | --- |
| Contentstack Academy home | `https://www.contentstack.com/academy/` |
| Training instance setup | `https://www.contentstack.com/academy/training-instance` |
| Academy playground (GitHub) | `https://github.com/contentstack/contentstack-academy-playground` |
| Contentstack documentation | `https://www.contentstack.com/docs/` |
| CSendUserTraining\_L12\_img-1.png | `https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/blt1c0c9d89b2107b66/67ddc31c314d676a921b7427/CSendUserTraining_L12_img-1.png` |
| CSendUserTraining\_L12\_img-2.png | `https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/blt9972a14cf96760a8/67ddc335c5b83ee6a2924fe9/CSendUserTraining_L12_img-2.png` |
| About Date Field | `https://www.contentstack.com/docs/developers/create-content-types/date/` |