Date field
The date field is used to represent date values in documents.
Properties
| Setting | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Label | Yes | The label is used for users of BizzStream. The label is shown in documents left to the value of the field. Labels can always be edited. |
| Translation key | No | Can be used to replace the field label with a translation. If set, BizzStream will try find the translation associated with the key set in this field. If no translation can be found, the label set in the Label field will be used. |
| Name | Yes | The name is a BizzStream system field. Once the Document Definition is persisted, this field cannot be edited anymore. Unless there are no documents based on this document definition. |
| Required | No | By checking the required-option, you force the user to fill out the field. By not checking this option, the option to fill out the field is to the discretion of the user. |
| Minimum Value | No | In this field you can enter the earliest date to be entered into the field. |
| Maximum Value | No | In this field you can enter the latest date to be entered into the field. |
| Initial Value | No | By providing an initial value to the field, upon creation the field or linefield will have this value. This field cannot refer to values placed in other fields. A user/visitor can overwrite this value. |
| Initial Placeholder | No | When you provide an initial placeholder, the field will get the value of the field to which the placeholder refers. Users/visitors can update this value. Unlike placeholders, the field will not updated when the field to which the placeholder refers updates. This field can contain BizzStream Expressions referring to other fields. |
| Placeholder | No | By providing a placeholder, you ensure that the value of this field is replaced by the value of the field to which the placeholder refers when the referenced field updates. |
How the data is stored
Dates are saved in accordance with ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DD) into the database as text:
dateField:"2016-12-31"