# Now in Date and time field sends to Google sheets text "Now" (not date and time)

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/now-in-date-and-time-field-sends-to-google-sheets-text-now-not-date-and-time/61233>\
**Category:** Report a Bug\
**Created:** [May 1, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/now-in-date-and-time-field-sends-to-google-sheets-text-now-not-date-and-time/61233 "2023-05-01T18:50:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![aa1bryansk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/aa1bryansk/32/58354_2.png) [@aa1bryansk](https://community.glideapps.com/u/aa1bryansk)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/now-in-date-and-time-field-sends-to-google-sheets-text-now-not-date-and-time/61233/1 "2023-05-01T18:50:15Z")

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1. My app has a form with date and time field. Default value is set as Now.
2. When I fill out a form this date and time field automatically constrains current date and time. Important: I don’t touch this field.
3. I press Save. App sends to Google sheets input data.
4. In result in Google sheets new row appears but it contains just text “Now” in column Date and time - instead of date and time.  
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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:** [May 1, 2023, 7:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/now-in-date-and-time-field-sends-to-google-sheets-text-now-not-date-and-time/61233/2 "2023-05-01T19:57:18Z")

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‘Now’ is not a date. It’s just seen as text. Instead, you can add a current date special value component to your form.