# Auto-record completion date

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/auto-record-completion-date/84208>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [September 5, 2025, 10:26pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/auto-record-completion-date/84208 "2025-09-05T22:26:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![HummingbirdZ](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/hummingbirdz/32/91586_2.png) [@HummingbirdZ](https://community.glideapps.com/u/HummingbirdZ)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 10:26pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/auto-record-completion-date/84208/1 "2025-09-05T22:26:09Z")

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Hi, I use a Switch component to mark jobs complete in my app. I need the Completion Date to automatically record when the switch is flipped so clients can see it. Manual entry isn’t feasible — I do 30+ jobs/day. Any solutions or workarounds?  
Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 11:45pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/auto-record-completion-date/84208/2 "2025-09-05T23:45:05Z")

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The native switch component can’t execute an action, so my only suggestion is to create a custom AI component that is a switch, and sets a date when when turned on.

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/auto-record-completion-date/84208/3 "2025-09-06T03:39:27Z")

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Use a button. Configure an action that writes the current date/time into the Completion Date column.

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**Author:** ![Revanasiddayya](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/revanasiddayya/32/89401_2.png) [@Revanasiddayya](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Revanasiddayya)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 11:01am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/auto-record-completion-date/84208/4 "2025-09-06T11:01:22Z")

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Use button and make the workflow such that it set column value of switch as true and also feed current date