I don't know, Suzanna, but it's very handy as is.
I've often been able to troubleshoot incorrect data entry by looking at the last date something was entered.
Why would you need it to update the date if you're not changing or adding some other data as well?
Think about the usefulness of it as it is.
I hope that's helpful,
Jonathan Gold
jonnygee@pacbell.net
-----Original Message----- From: epidata-list-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca [mailto:epidata-list-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca] On Behalf Of epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 9:10 PM To: epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: [EpiData-list] automatic date
Has anyone noticed the following with the automatic date field type <Today-dmy>? When entering the first record for the day, this field does not display today's date but displays the date when the last record was entered. Once a record has been entered and saved, this field is updated to the current date. When entering a new record I expected the automatic date to display today's date regardless of whether or not a record has been entered today. Do you have any idea why this is not the case?
Thanks, Suzanna
Suzanna Vidmar Senior Research Assistant
Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit Royal Children's Hospital Flemington Road Parkville Victoria 3052
telephone: +61 3 9345 6372 facsimile: +61 3 9345 6000
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