Set custom date field to default to current date and time

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Hello All,

I have created a custom date field for Date Closed which I need for reporting purposes. Currently the custom date field only shows 3 drop downs for year, month, and day. When submitted, the output shows the correct year, month, and day but with the time of 00:00:00. Is it possible to set custom date field to current date and time? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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I am running Mantis version 1.2.10

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Anyone?? Any suggestions??

[atrol]

but with the time of 00:00:00

Where do you see the time?

Is it possible to set custom date field to current date and time?

Setting the current date is possible by setting the default value to

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{+0 days}

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The time stamp of 00:00:00 shows on the custom field column on the View Bug page and when the custom date field is exported to CSV,Excel. Setting the default date is not an issue, it's setting the field to the current date and time that I am trying to find a solution to.

[atrol]

The time stamp of 00:00:00 shows on the custom field column on the View Bug page and when the custom date field is exported to CSV,Excel.

Not in a standard installation with default settings. Did you set short_date_format?

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Yes, I changed the short_date_format in my config_inc file to include H:i. If not, the date submitted and updated fields will not show a time when they are exported.

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Any suggestions on where to start?

[atrol]

There was a user who implemented DATETIME custom fields, but this was for version 1.1.4
http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=6325

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I used the info in the link you provided, and the H:1 fields are now displayed as drop downs. The problem I am now having is when setting the default value of the field to {today} or {+0 days} my custom date field show the correct year, day, and month, however the H:1 fields are blank and must be chosen from a drop down.

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I only needed this custom date field to display when an issue is closed, however when setting it to only display on close it would not default to the current date, month, year, and time. My work around was to just create a custom string in my custom_strings_inc file and rename due_date to Date Closed and then set the due_date field to display on the bug change page.