# Set default date/time in Mautic Form Field
**URL:** https://forum.mautic.org/t/set-default-date-time-in-mautic-form-field/27728
**Category:** Product Support
**Tags:** mautic-4
**Created:** [April 16, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/set-default-date-time-in-mautic-form-field/27728 "2023-04-16T17:00:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@deejmer](https://forum.mautic.org/u/deejmer)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/set-default-date-time-in-mautic-form-field/27728/1 "2023-04-16T17:00:17Z")
**Your software**
My Mautic version is: 4.4.7
My PHP version is: 7.4.33
My Database type and version is: MySQL 5.7.36
**Your problem**
My problem is: I need to set a default date and time on a read-only field in a Mautic form
These errors are showing in the log: Not applicable
Steps I have tried to fix the problem: I have tried setting a string value for date and time, as well as trying a UNIX time stamp, in the Default Value for a custom Date/Field time. It does not default a date in the Javascript date picker.
Does anyone know how to go about doing this? Thanks!
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### Author:  [@joeyk](https://forum.mautic.org/u/joeyk)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/set-default-date-time-in-mautic-form-field/27728/2 "2023-04-17T19:31:12Z")
Hi @deejmer ,
Just an idea, that I haven’t tested.
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This allows you to overwrite data, maybe you can use the TWIG syntax to save the current timestamp.
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### Author:  [@deejmer](https://forum.mautic.org/u/deejmer)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/set-default-date-time-in-mautic-form-field/27728/3 "2023-04-18T02:35:11Z")
That’s an interesting idea/plugin. I don’t need the CURRENT time stamp. This is for an event registration - the idea is to default to a date and make it read only so it’s saved to the DB and also shown to the user. Was hoping to find a javascript hack or something, but unsure which JS library is even being used for that date/time field control…
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### Author:  [@joeyk](https://forum.mautic.org/u/joeyk)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2023, 4:42am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/set-default-date-time-in-mautic-form-field/27728/4 "2023-04-18T04:42:15Z")
Oh ok, I misunderstood.
The most obvious solution would be to embed the form by copying the js and html where you modify the html by hardcoding the placeholder value.
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### Author:  [@deejmer](https://forum.mautic.org/u/deejmer)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2023, 2:45am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/set-default-date-time-in-mautic-form-field/27728/5 "2023-04-26T02:45:36Z")
I wasn’t able to figure it out with that idea, but I did find a solution. It turned out I just hadn’t tried enough date formats. Once I made the default date/time this format: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM (or 2023-04-25 14:00), it took! Thanks for your suggestions!