# Current Date/time special value - not being recorded **URL:** \ **Category:** Report a Bug\ **Created:** [September 29, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/current-date-time-special-value-not-being-recorded/50462 "2022-09-29T16:31:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![frojas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/frojas/32/47720_2.png) [@frojas](https://community.glideapps.com/u/frojas)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/current-date-time-special-value-not-being-recorded/50462/1 "2022-09-29T16:31:38Z")
Hello Gliders, I am having a slight issue with the “Current date/time” special value not being logged. I have added this in an action when a new row is created, I have a ´creation date´ field that gets populated with this. In testings ran on +4 mobile devices, none of them are logging this time. When I go edit the action and view this, the icon is not being shown. (screenshot attached) ![Screenshot 2022-09-29 at 18.29.03](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/4/4/4482e21365c719ee4712c4b1ffeeb0ab9ba4040d.png) Is there a fix going on for this? A lot of my app´s logic is based on time, so would like to know if this is a bug or something that I am not doing correctly. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![David\_Gabler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david_gabler/32/44332_2.png) [@David\_Gabler](https://community.glideapps.com/u/David_Gabler)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/current-date-time-special-value-not-being-recorded/50462/2 "2022-09-29T16:54:14Z")
I noticed this the other day in one of my free apps. I noticed things I was adding while in the Glide Builder were not registering the date/time. But one of my users added an entry on his mobile device and it worked. I added a notification and “play sound” to the action, and it started working in the builder. So seems like a timing issue. That is a pretty small app, so not a lot of data. Another a few days ago also started exhibiting the same behavior when I was trying to update in a complex action to write data to related records (update row action on a relation). The update was not happening in the builder. Again, adding a “play sound” and “notification” caused enough of a delay it started working. Not sure when it _stopped_ working correctly, though. ---
**Author:** ![frojas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/frojas/32/47720_2.png) [@frojas](https://community.glideapps.com/u/frojas)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/current-date-time-special-value-not-being-recorded/50462/3 "2022-09-29T17:12:43Z")
Thanks @David_Gabler for answering and taking a look. When I do testings inside of the builder, the date/time is being registered correctly, and there are no problems there. The issue is when it is being used outside of the builder in production. ---
**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 29, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/current-date-time-special-value-not-being-recorded/50462/4 "2022-09-29T17:35:08Z")
> [@frojas](#): > > I have added this in an action when a new row is created, I have a ´creation date´ field that gets populated with this. Can you provide some more context around this please? ie. Is this an onSubmit action associated with a Form? If it is, that’s not the correct way to do it. What you should be doing instead is passing the Current time as a Screen Column with your form. ![Screen Shot 2022-09-30 at 1.32.42 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/9/0/900883fe5dd5d55cfba960a892c34923718a9b03.png) > **[Current Date/Time | Glide Docs](https://www.glideapps.com/docs/reference/values/current-date-time)** > > Submit the current date and time automatically. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Gabler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david_gabler/32/44332_2.png) [@David\_Gabler](https://community.glideapps.com/u/David_Gabler)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/current-date-time-special-value-not-being-recorded/50462/5 "2022-09-29T18:33:47Z")
In my case, I let the regular record be written, and I am trying to update two related tables with some information. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/3/3/3320e2e99518aae7325ebe840bdc39a9eccb0448.png) ---
**Author:** ![frojas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/frojas/32/47720_2.png) [@frojas](https://community.glideapps.com/u/frojas)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 6:37am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/current-date-time-special-value-not-being-recorded/50462/6 "2022-09-30T06:37:57Z")
Yes, my case is like @David_Gabler where it is before a show new screen, ![Screenshot 2022-09-30 at 08.37.02](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/e/d/eda169254d36f818f1a991f5333fb0fe8f07afe9.png) ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 12:25am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/current-date-time-special-value-not-being-recorded/50462/7 "2022-10-01T00:25:55Z")
Please submit a ticket here. [https://share.hsforms.com/16jL7NgZYSsW9DinHwTIqZAbvbdc](https://share.hsforms.com/16jL7NgZYSsW9DinHwTIqZAbvbdc) ---
**Author:** ![frojas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/frojas/32/47720_2.png) [@frojas](https://community.glideapps.com/u/frojas)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 9:55am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/current-date-time-special-value-not-being-recorded/50462/8 "2022-10-03T09:55:55Z")
@ThinhDinh - how is follow ups on issues handled? I submitted a ticket on another issue and haven’t heard back yet. Thank you ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 10:07am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/current-date-time-special-value-not-being-recorded/50462/9 "2022-10-03T10:07:39Z")
Santiago or George will follow up with you, but I can’t say it will take how long for them to get to your ticket. I don’t have info on how the support team’s back log looks like now.