{"id":13069,"date":"2020-03-02T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T03:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eformsign.com\/en\/support\/?post_type=manual_kb&#038;p=13069"},"modified":"2020-03-02T12:01:04","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T03:01:04","slug":"date","status":"publish","type":"manual_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.eformsign.com\/en\/support\/knowledgebase\/components\/date\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Components: Date"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"610\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eformsign.com\/en\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/02\/sample-of-using-date-component.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13072\" \/><figcaption>Example of using the Date component (automatically entering the signature date)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2>What is it Used For?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"727\" height=\"98\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eformsign.com\/en\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/02\/form-builder-components_date.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13071\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This component is used for automatically entering the date in which a document is created, accessed, or modified into the document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can automatically enter one of the following dates according to the date type selected: the date in which the document is created (Date created), the date in which the document is last accessed (Date accessed), or the date in which a specific component is filled in (Last modified date of the content).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2>Setting the Properties Tab<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.eformsign.com\/en\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/02\/date-component-properties.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13073\" width=\"250\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4>\u2460 ID<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Enters the ID of the Date component. In the above example, the ID of the component that displays the date in which the document was signed is set to &#8216;signed date&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4>\u2461 Format<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Set the format in which the date will be displayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>yyyy: Displays the year (yyyy = 2020).<\/li><li>MM: Displays the month. Must be in uppercase (MM = August).<\/li><li>dd: Displays the day (dd = 10th).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4>\u2462 Date Type<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Date created: Displays the date in which the document is created for the first time.<\/li><li>Date accessed: Displays the most recent date in which the document is modified or opened.<\/li><li>Last modified date of the content: Displays the date in which the information of a specific component is filled in.<br><br><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"290\" height=\"387\" class=\"wp-image-13074\" style=\"width: 200px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eformsign.com\/en\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/02\/date-component-connecting-other-component.png\" alt=\"\"><br><br>If this type is selected, then the Input Component ID field is displayed. In this field, enter the ID of the component that will display the date when triggered.<br><br>E.g. When you want the signature date of the signer to be displayed automatically in a contract.<ol><li>Name the ID of the signature component in the contract (for example, &#8216;contractSigner&#8217;).<\/li><li>Create the component that will display the signature date when triggered.<\/li><li>In Component Properties of the component that will display the signature date, select &#8216;Last modified date of the content&#8217; under &#8216;Date Type&#8217;.<\/li><li>Enter the ID, &#8216;contractSigner&#8217;, in the &#8216;Input Component ID&#8217; field. For more information, refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eformsign.com\/en\/support\/manual\/autofill-signed-date\/\">How to auto-fill signed date in the e-contract<\/a>. <\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":12950,"menu_order":12,"template":"","manualknowledgebasecat":[63],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eformsign.com\/en\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/13069"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eformsign.com\/en\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eformsign.com\/en\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/manual_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eformsign.com\/en\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.eformsign.com\/en\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/13069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13244,"href":"https:\/\/www.eformsign.com\/en\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/13069\/revisions\/13244"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eformsign.com\/en\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/12950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eformsign.com\/en\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manualknowledgebasecat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eformsign.com\/en\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manualknowledgebasecat?post=13069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}