# Date Time entry forced on a Text column

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-time-entry-forced-on-a-text-column/43851>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [July 4, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-time-entry-forced-on-a-text-column/43851 "2022-07-04T01:01:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nathan.Tran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7cd45c/32.png) [@Nathan.Tran](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Nathan.Tran)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-time-entry-forced-on-a-text-column/43851/1 "2022-07-04T01:01:46Z")

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I don’t want to deal with restrictive Date Time input so I set my column simply as text so I can type any string as I wish. In Data Editor, the column is defined as Text, but somehow in Edit Screen/Form, the field is displayed as Date Time and it pops up a calendar/clock for me to choose.

 ![time](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/b/2/b2e8fde3299b309a2a6a5569699dfd2bab3af948.jpeg)

How do I access or modify the Edit screen/form to change the input field back to a text field input?

Nathan

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**Author:** ![Uzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/uzo/32/22639_2.png) [@Uzo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Uzo)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 1:08am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-time-entry-forced-on-a-text-column/43851/2 "2022-07-04T01:08:27Z")

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delete that date picker, and add a text entry…  
but if you want to do some math or filtering for that data, I would suggest… keep it in the date format

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**Author:** ![Nathan.Tran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7cd45c/32.png) [@Nathan.Tran](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Nathan.Tran)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 1:54am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-time-entry-forced-on-a-text-column/43851/3 "2022-07-04T01:54:47Z")

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Thank Uzo for your tip. I got it fixed.  
Nathan

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 1:55am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-time-entry-forced-on-a-text-column/43851/4 "2022-07-05T01:55:05Z")

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