Working with dates

Current date variable

You can view details about where to define current date variables in the "General Definitions" section of the Configuration Console Reference Guide: Landmark Pattern Language (LPL).

Add a date or a timestamp to a field

You may want to append a timestamp to a value in a field. To do this, create an alpha derived field and return the field and the data value. This example adds a new derived field to a form that adds the year and day of an entered date field to content entered in another field.

Create a derived field.

ZZZTimeStamp is a DerivedField
            type is AlphaUpper size 30
            default label is untranslatable:"Timestamp LPL Example"
            return (RequisitionDescription + "_" + RequestedDeliveryDate year + "_" + RequestedDeliveryDate day)

Add the derived field to a form that automatically populates the field value using the entered timestamp and description.

RequisitionDescription
        when value changed
            refresh ZZZTimeStamp
     ZZZTimeStamp