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I would like to get the time the user fills out a form. This can
obviously be different from the time the user submits the form. Is
there any way to grab this automatically or would I have to put a
question? If I have to put a question, is there such thing as a date
stamp question? It would be silly to ask the user to enter the current
date and time using a date widget.

I'm sorry if this is in the docs somewhere but I couldn't see anything
like it...

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I would like to get the time the user fills out a form. This can
obviously be different from the time the user submits the form. Is
there any way to grab this automatically or would I have to put a
question? If I have to put a question, is there such thing as a date
stamp question? It would be silly to ask the user to enter the current
date and time using a date widget.

you can get when the form was started and finished. you can find this
(and other examples) at
http://code.google.com/p/opendatakit/source/browse?repo=forms


in collect 1.1.7, we do have time and datetime widgets.

I'm sorry if this is in the docs somewhere but I couldn't see anything
like it...

it's somewhere in the docs, but it's hard to find, so all is forgiven :slight_smile:

3

Any reason why the timestamp doesn't include the timezone?

··· On 13 July 2011 12:22, Yaw Anokwa wrote: >> I would like to get the time the user fills out a form. This can >> obviously be different from the time the user submits the form. Is >> there any way to grab this automatically or would I have to put a >> question? If I have to put a question, is there such thing as a date >> stamp question? It would be silly to ask the user to enter the current >> date and time using a date widget. > > you can get when the form was started and finished. you can find this > (and other examples) at > http://code.google.com/p/opendatakit/source/browse?repo=forms > > jr:preloadParams="start"/> > jr:preloadParams="end"/> > > in collect 1.1.7, we do have time and datetime widgets. > > > >> I'm sorry if this is in the docs somewhere but I couldn't see anything >> like it... > > it's somewhere in the docs, but it's hard to find, so all is forgiven :) >
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it's a feature request we haven't had time to get to.

http://code.google.com/p/opendatakit/issues/detail?id=181

we accept patches :slight_smile:

··· On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 11:24, Thomas Smyth wrote: > Any reason why the timestamp doesn't include the timezone? > > On 13 July 2011 12:22, Yaw Anokwa wrote: >>> I would like to get the time the user fills out a form. This can >>> obviously be different from the time the user submits the form. Is >>> there any way to grab this automatically or would I have to put a >>> question? If I have to put a question, is there such thing as a date >>> stamp question? It would be silly to ask the user to enter the current >>> date and time using a date widget. >> >> you can get when the form was started and finished. you can find this >> (and other examples) at >> http://code.google.com/p/opendatakit/source/browse?repo=forms >> >> > jr:preloadParams="start"/> >> > jr:preloadParams="end"/> >> >> in collect 1.1.7, we do have time and datetime widgets. >> >> >> >>> I'm sorry if this is in the docs somewhere but I couldn't see anything >>> like it... >> >> it's somewhere in the docs, but it's hard to find, so all is forgiven :) >> >
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Ok give me a day or two.

··· On 13 July 2011 15:03, Yaw Anokwa wrote: > it's a feature request we haven't had time to get to. > > http://code.google.com/p/opendatakit/issues/detail?id=181 > > we accept patches :) > > On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 11:24, Thomas Smyth wrote: >> Any reason why the timestamp doesn't include the timezone? >> >> On 13 July 2011 12:22, Yaw Anokwa wrote: >>>> I would like to get the time the user fills out a form. This can >>>> obviously be different from the time the user submits the form. Is >>>> there any way to grab this automatically or would I have to put a >>>> question? If I have to put a question, is there such thing as a date >>>> stamp question? It would be silly to ask the user to enter the current >>>> date and time using a date widget. >>> >>> you can get when the form was started and finished. you can find this >>> (and other examples) at >>> http://code.google.com/p/opendatakit/source/browse?repo=forms >>> >>> >> jr:preloadParams="start"/> >>> >> jr:preloadParams="end"/> >>> >>> in collect 1.1.7, we do have time and datetime widgets. >>> >>> >>> >>>> I'm sorry if this is in the docs somewhere but I couldn't see anything >>>> like it... >>> >>> it's somewhere in the docs, but it's hard to find, so all is forgiven :) >>> >> >