Is there a way to Force a Date or Time?

Brigette Lepe

I am trying to have some date fields auto-populate based on some restrictions. Date Columns 2, 3 and 4 would be dependent on Date column 1.

For example:

An Inspection must always occur at least 2 days after Work Start. If I enter Work Start to be 1/20/2020, I want the Inspection Date to auto-populate to 1/22/2020. Inspection Date could be adjusted for a later date, but not an earlier date.

Andrée Starå

Hi Brigette,

Try something like this.

Be aware that if you change the date in the Inspection Date, it will delete the formula.

=[Work Start]@row + 2

The same version but with the below changes for your and others convenience.

=[Work Start]@row + 2

Depending on your country you’ll need to exchange the comma to a period and the semi-colon to a comma.

Did it work?

I hope that helps!

Have a fantastic week!

Best,

Andrée Starå

Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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Brigette Lepe

I am not seeing any commas or semi-colons in your formula. I entered as-is and received "#UNPARSEABLE".

Andrée Starå

They aren't needed in that formula, but you'll need to replace the column name to what your is.

Make sense?

Maybe I've misunderstood your question?

Brigette Lepe

Yes, I have entered the formula this way, but receive INVALID.

=[Work Schedule Start]@row + 2

Andrée Starå

Is the formula in a date column and the Work Schedule Start on the same row?

Can you share a screenshot?

What's the exact error message?