Date Fields

Using Application Composer, you can extend an application's object model by adding fields to both standard or custom objects. One such field type is a date field, where users in the runtime application can enter a date or select one from a calendar.

This type of field has no time component.

Date Field Properties

Create a date field by specifying values for the common set of field properties, such as display label and field name.

The following table shows properties that are common across multiple field types:

Field Property	Field Property Region
Label	Appearance
Help Text	Appearance
Name	Name
Description	Name
Required	Constraints
Updatable	Constraints
Searchable	Constraints
Indexed	Constraints
Fixed Value	Default Value
Expression	Default Value

Additional Date Field Specifications

Additional specifications for this field type include the following details:

• Data type is TIMESTAMP.

• An object can have a total of 625 fields. Of these, 50 are reserved for date and datetime fields.

• When you create a custom subject area for custom reporting, you can select fields with this type to use for date leveling.