Date and Date-Time Fields

The Date field captures a calendar date — and optionally a time — from the step assignee.

Date-only vs Date-time

By default a Date field captures only the calendar date: 2025-09-15.

Enable the Include time toggle to also capture time: 2025-09-15T14:30.

Use date-only when: the time of day is irrelevant — project start date, expense date, event date.

Use date-time when: the exact moment matters — meeting time, shift start, deadline with a specific hour.

Adding a date field

1. Open the step configuration panel
2. Click Add field and select Date
3. Enter a label
4. Toggle Include time on or off
5. Set required or optional

Using dates in branch conditions

Operator	Meaning
equals	Exact date match
greater than	Date is after the value
less than	Date is before the value

Enter comparison values in the same format as the field: 2025-09-15 or 2025-09-15T14:30.

Note: Branch conditions compare against a static value, not "today + N days". For time-sensitive routing, use SLA deadlines and escalation instead.

Interaction with SLA deadlines

SLA deadlines are independent of Date fields. The SLA clock starts from when the step is assigned, not from any date the assignee enters.

See also

• Form Field Types Reference
• How to Set Deadlines (SLA) on Workflow Steps