# Stopwatch Issue **URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/stopwatch-issue/32987 **Category:** Ask for Help **Created:** [October 12, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/stopwatch-issue/32987 "2021-10-12T19:29:23Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 6
### 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: [October 12, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/stopwatch-issue/32987/6 "2021-10-12T20:26:50Z")
Really? I’ll have to play with that. I’ve always been under the impression that the date/time special value always used the time that the form was submitted, but admittedly, I’ve never verified that. Keep in mind that a lot of glide computations happen every five seconds, so if you are testing the special value within a time of less than 5 seconds from opening the form, it’s possible that the value may not have updated yet (that’s just a theory…don’t hold me to that). You could try instead to add a date/time entry component and have the user enter their final date/time, but that’s not a great solution. You may want to look into creating a custom form, which would possibly give you a more accurate final time. With the Set Column or Add Row actions, you also have access to the date/time special value. > [@How do I create a custom form?](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-do-i-create-a-custom-form/25014): > > I’m just dropping this here so I have something to refer people to when they ask. This is a simple concept app (copyable), that demonstrates the following techniques: Building custom forms for adding and editing list items (as an alternative to the native forms provided by Glide) Preventing duplicate new entries using [User Specific Columns](https://docs.glideapps.com/all/reference/data-editor/user-specific-columns) and [Relations](https://docs.glideapps.com/all/reference/data-editor/computed-columns/relation-column) Enforcing mandatory input items The use of visibility conditions and user specific booleans to control user flow There is nothing particula… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.glideapps.com/t/stopwatch-issue/32987)._