Current time as a default value

Suggestions/Ideas
1

I think it would be a nice feature to be able to set “current time” as a default value for Datetime field in Data Service.

I know one can use the created field for that, but there are some inconvenient differences, which are:

  • you can’t change the created field value further
  • usually there is a more appropriate name for that field in your app’s domain, e.g. start
2

Hello @scadge

Thank you for your proposal.
We will discuss this.

3

Not the most straight forward solution, but the created value can be copied in the afterSave business logic event.

4

Or just use the current time there…

5

Yes, there are ways to achieve that with event handlers as well, and also it’s easy to set time to current from the client. But still having it built-in, like in most databases, would be more convenient (and more atomic).