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Date fields

Add a date field to a Schema to allow content authors to enter dates in a Component. You can create multiple value date fields to allow content authors to add multiple dates.

About this task

For information about how to create a List field with date values, refer to List fields.

Procedure

  1. In the Design tab or Metadata Design tab of the Schema that you are creating, fill in the following fields:
    • XML Name — the XML name of the field. The XML name can only contain letters without accents (A-Z, a-z), digits (0-9), underscores "_" and/or hyphens "-". The first character of the XML name must be a letter or an underscore character.
    • Description — a description of the field. This description is used as a label in the Component.
    • Type — select Date.
  2. Set the following optional parameters for the date field:
    • Multiple values
    • Default value
    • Mandatory
    • Defining custom URLs