Quick Tip – Shortcuts for Dates

The obvious approach to entering dates is to click the icon on the right and select a date from the calendar popup.  You can also just enter the date straight into the text box.

But did you know there are several shortcuts…

You can enter ‘t for today’s date.  When you leave the field, the system will populate it with today’s date.  You can also enter +1 for tomorrow’s date.  If you enter +7 or +1W you’ll get the date one week from today.   It works with negative numbers too.  You can enter -7 or -1W for one week ago.

Here’s a list of all the date shortcuts.  They can be used throughout the system on any input asking for a date:


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