How to use the date (and time) block

When to use

Use the date block to let your respondents select a date and optionally a time, for example to make an appointment.

How to use

Add a new block to your form and then select the question type Date. You can now customize this block to your needs with the following features.

Basic features

Each question block has basic features to present the block the way you need, for example Name, Description and Help text. And most of the question blocks have common options, like the Required and Exportability options.

More information about these basic features can be found in the help article about our form builder.

Additional features

On top of those basic features, the date block has the following advanced options:

• Time

  By enabling the Time feature, you can let your respondents also enter a time with the date.

• Range

  By enabling the Range feature, you can let the block ask for two dates, namely a From date and a To date. The form will automatically show two date fields if this feature is enabled.

  If enabled, you can also enter two separate Placeholders for the date fields in the form.

• Limit values

  By enabling the Limit values feature, you can determine in between what dates the answered date(s) have to be. You can select the minimum and maximum date (including an optional time).

  Next to static date limits you can also determine if the date that your respondent selects has to be In the future and/or In the past. This will be checked at the moment the respondent fills out the form.

Logic

Logic is important to make your forms smart and conversational. The date block can work with the following branch conditions to help you with that:

Block conditions

• Date (and time) is equal to your filter;
• Date (and time) is not equal to your filter;
• Date (and time) is before your filter;
• Date (and time) is after your filter;
• Date (and time) is between your filters;
• Date (and time) is not between your filters;
• Date (and time) is empty;
• Date (and time) is not empty.

If the Range is enabled, you can use these conditions for the From date and the To date separately.

Filters

When we mention your filter(s) above, there are some different filters that you can use to make the right comparison:

• Current date/time - Compare with the current date (and time) of the moment of form usage by a respondent;
• Fixed date/time - Compare with a fixed date (and time) that you enter;
• Value - Compare with another block value entered in the form by a respondent (more info).

Calculations

You can use the calculator block to perform calculations with given answers. The date block supports the following calculation operations:

• Compare - Compare a date and output a value based on the result of the comparison;
• Age - Calculate the age (time) between two points in time;
• Year - Retrieve the year of a date;
• Month - Retrieve the month of a date (1-12);
• Day of month - Retrieve the day of month of a date (1-31);
• Day of week - Retrieve the day of week of a date (0-6).