# Downsides of custom component - any best practices?

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/downsides-of-custom-component-any-best-practices/84952>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [October 17, 2025, 6:30am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/downsides-of-custom-component-any-best-practices/84952 "2025-10-17T06:30:56Z")\
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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:** [October 22, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/downsides-of-custom-component-any-best-practices/84952/17 "2025-10-22T12:20:09Z")

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> [@Date Pickers](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-pickers/73428/26):
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> @jejones - I’ve fixed that issue, here is an updated template link: In this version, you’ll see a column in the Helper table called “StartTimeAsDate”. You will need to reconfigure that column and add your own UTC offset to get the correct starting time, see below:

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