# How to change to text

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-change-to-text/73241>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [May 10, 2024, 10:14am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-change-to-text/73241 "2024-05-10T10:14:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![AIC\_Appliaction](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/aic_appliaction/32/62075_2.png) [@AIC\_Appliaction](https://community.glideapps.com/u/AIC_Appliaction)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 10:14am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-change-to-text/73241/1 "2024-05-10T10:14:09Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/9/a/9a8385873fdb957748710ccbe2d176a583fad02e.png)  
Hello!  
how i can change that function to text.

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**Author:** ![Alpha\_University](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/alpha_university/32/91520_2.png) [@Alpha\_University](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Alpha_University)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 11:04am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-change-to-text/73241/2 "2024-05-10T11:04:34Z")

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Are you asking to change that column on the left to a text column or to have it being displayed as just text instead of a numbered date?

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**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:** [May 11, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-change-to-text/73241/3 "2024-05-11T00:03:18Z")

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Or do you mean you want to write the value of that If-Then-Else column to the “Date and Time” column?

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**Author:** ![AIC\_Appliaction](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/aic_appliaction/32/62075_2.png) [@AIC\_Appliaction](https://community.glideapps.com/u/AIC_Appliaction)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2024, 1:02am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-change-to-text/73241/4 "2024-05-13T01:02:19Z")

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Yes How i do that

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**Author:** ![Eric\_Penn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/eric_penn/32/73888_2.png) [@Eric\_Penn](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Eric_Penn)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-change-to-text/73241/5 "2024-05-13T01:43:01Z")

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Set column values

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**Author:** ![Himaladin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/himaladin/32/71023_2.png) [@Himaladin](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Himaladin)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2024, 1:50am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-change-to-text/73241/6 "2024-05-13T01:50:32Z")

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You can use a form and provide the current date as the column value for that column.