# How to set up a timestamp in a custom field

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/how-to-set-up-a-timestamp-in-a-custom-field/9965>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [November 23, 2017, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/how-to-set-up-a-timestamp-in-a-custom-field/9965 "2017-11-23T12:31:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rosco](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/rosco/32/510_2.png) [@Rosco](https://forum.mautic.org/u/Rosco)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2017, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/how-to-set-up-a-timestamp-in-a-custom-field/9965/1 "2017-11-23T12:31:54Z")

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Hi,  
  
I want to set up a date-/timestamp into a custom field, for example when a contact subscribed with a DOI-process to a segment.  
  
How can I do this in mautic?  
  
Thanks for your reply.

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**Author:** ![Rosco](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/rosco/32/510_2.png) [@Rosco](https://forum.mautic.org/u/Rosco)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2017, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/how-to-set-up-a-timestamp-in-a-custom-field/9965/2 "2017-11-23T12:31:54Z")

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Hi,  
I want to set up a date-/timestamp into a custom field, for example when a contact subscribed with a DOI-process to a segment.  
How can I do this in mautic?  
Thanks for your reply.

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**Author:** ![petertl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/petertl/32/511_2.png) [@petertl](https://forum.mautic.org/u/petertl)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/how-to-set-up-a-timestamp-in-a-custom-field/9965/3 "2017-11-23T14:09:58Z")

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I don’t think there is a built-in solution. I solved this some time ago with a database trigger.