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I created a new screen from scratch. I added a Date Picker object. In step 1 of the date picker properties, I did NOT select the checkbox for "Use today's date/time" as the default. In step 4 I selected the check boxes for "Show Date and Time" and "override default time of day to" for the default time of day I entered "7:30 AM" 

When I published the screen and select a date, it enters the correct date, but shows the current time not 7:30 AM. I also tried changing the default time of day to "7:30:00 AM" with the same results. Is this a bug or am I not putting the time in the correct format or something like that?

 Hi Matt,

To 'Override default time of day to', you would need to set a default value. So for instance if you had selected the checkbox for "Use today's date/time" and in step 4 you set 'Override default time of day to' "7:30 AM" and publish. Then when you select a date the time portion of the date would be replaced by 7:30 AM. The reason step 4 is not working in your case is because there is no default value to override. Hope that helps.

Yes, Amanda that helps tremendously. Thank you.

 Awesome! Let us know if you have any more questions.

Amanda,

It was working well, until I added action(s) to the DateChanged event in step 2 of the date picker. The action I added was to 'Enter Value Into Field On Screen' where it was getting the value from the date picker object. Example when Date Picker1 was changed I wanted Date Picker 2 to have the new date and time that was selected in Date Picker1.

The following problems took place with the Date Picker Object:

1. When I selected a date other than the default of today's date, the month changed from "May" to "05" example "May-07-2010" became "05-07-2010"

2. When a new date is selected, the Time portion disappears from the original Time Picker. 

3. The time does not get copied over to the second field, only the new date portion. 

The following problems happened when the DatePicker was tied to a field in the table as opposed to just being an object on the screen:

1. The Month and Date get transposed. Example if I selected May 6th, the field then showed June 5th.

2. If the "Use today's date/time" checkbox is not checked in step 1 and none of the checkboxes are checked in step 4... when I select a date, the correct date is selected, but the current time also appears.

I hope the explanations make enough sense :)

Thanks again for your help!

 Thanks for pointing this out Matt. We'll look into it and I'll update you on the progress.

Amanda,

I saw that someone else was having a similar problem on another forum. The response to that thread fixed the following 2 problems for me as well by adding a default date format on the Customize > Display tab such as "mmm-dd-yyyy

1. When I selected a date other than the default of today's date, the month changed from "May" to "05" example "May-07-2010" became "05-07-2010"

1. The Month and Date get transposed. Example if I selected May 6th, the field then showed June 5th.

The other issues unfortunately don't seem to be fixed with this.

 Hi Matt,

Thanks for the update. I'll follow up with you once I get some feedback regarding the other issues I was able to replicate.

 Hi Matt,

Can you try those scenarios now and let me know how it goes? They should be working fine now with the last update we did.

HI Amanda,

Sorry for the delay in checking this out.

3. The time does not get copied over to the second field, only the new date portion. 

2. If the "Use today's date/time" checkbox is not checked in step 1 and none of the checkboxes are checked in step 4... when I select a date, the correct date is selected, but the current time also appears.

Both appear to be working correctly now.

I did however notice that when the check box for "Override default time of day to" (7:30 AM in this case) is checked in date picker 1 and I change the date, date picker 2 is populated with Aug 11 2010 12:00 7:30 AM. It appears to be adding the "12:00" in the middle.

Thank you for your help.

Matt,

I'll look into this and get back to you.