🆕 Date field in the new record experience

[Leo]

Dates are everywhere: deadlines, events, project phases, and meeting schedules.
That’s why the date field is one of the most used field types in Tape.

We’re happy to release the new date field today across the new record experience, Tape Forms, and the mobile app when you create and edit records.

How to get started

1.) Switch to the new record experience in one of your database apps.
· Click the ••• button in the top right
· select New Record Beta
· click Set as default for you (all details ➔)

2.) Open any record in a database app
3.) Unlock the record via the ••• menu in the top right
4.) Click the + icon in the left margin whenever you hover over a new line
5.) Select Date from the field type list (Help Center ➔)

To configure date fields:
Open the ⋮⋮ menu in the left margin when you hover over a date field

What stays familiar

Everything you already expect from a date field is still here:

• Date with optional time (12h / 24h)
• End date for date ranges (Hidden / Shown / Required)
• Show in calendar
• Hide when empty, Always hide

What’s new

• The date picker got a big refresh and is now much easier to use. We’ve now rolled it out in the classic record too, because it simply works better.
  
  
• Date fields now also work in forms. We also focused on making the mobile experience feel smooth, especially when selecting and editing dates and times with the new date picker.
• Default value
  • Now: current date and time, with optional offsets like days, weeks, or months.
  • Today: current date without time, with optional offsets. This makes setups like today + 14 days easy, so every new record starts with a date two weeks out.
  • Specific date: a fixed date from the date picker.
• Due date for status
  • Shows up when a status field is added. If you turn this setting on and the date has passed while the status is not completed, the date turns red. If it is today or tomorrow, it turns blue. This works in the record, in views, and in relation fields.
• Relation fields and references
  • Edit the date directly in card or list layout without opening the record.
• Field access (Premium plan feature)
  • Restrict who can view or edit the date field.
• Rules (Premium plan feature)
  • Show or hide date fields based on other field values.
• Display options
  • Use the new “View only” option to make sure nobody can change the date field value.
• Quick-select buttons
  • Quick-select options like “Today/Now”, “Tomorrow”, and “Next week” are still there.
  • And now with “Clear”, you can remove the value without selecting and deleting text manually.
• Style settings
  • Label display and size, placeholder, tooltip, field icon, and more. The full style system is available for the date field.
• Rearranging date fields
  • Use the ⋮⋮ handle next to the field label to drag and drop date fields. Reorder them, move them around the record, or place them into different columns.
• Include end date (optional)
  • No more separate field types. Just turn it on or off in the settings.
• Calendar view across months
  • The date picker now shows days from the previous and next month. This makes it easy to select date ranges across months in one view. For example, you can pick April 28 as the start date and May 3 as the end date in the same grid.

Date formats:

It now gives you much more control over how dates are shown across your organization.
You can now choose from these date formats:

This lets you choose the best date format for your team, while still keeping each user’s personal format settings.

Baseline is always the user’s format settings

Each user can choose their own date and time format.
To find them, click your profile picture → Preferences → Language and formats.
Users can choose between:

• Date format
  • MM/DD/YYYY; MMMM DD, YYYY
  • DD/MM/YYYY; DD MMMM YYYY
  • DD.MM.YYYY; DD. MMMM YYYY
• Time format
  • 12 hours
  • 24 hours

The simplest setup:

If you want to keep things simple, just keep the default setting.
(Or change it back by setting Edit field display → Date format to Auto)

Then choose the format in Edit field → Date format
Full date, Long date, Short date, Numeric, or Relative

Dates are shown based on each user’s personal date and time format. For example:

• Short date in the field settings:
  • If the user uses MM/DD/YYYY, the date shows as Feb 25
  • If the user uses DD.MM.YYYY, the date shows as 25. Feb
• Full date in the field settings:
  • If the user uses MM/DD/YYYY, the date shows as Wednesday, February 25, 2026
  • If the user uses DD.MM.YYYY, the date shows as Wednesday, 25. February 2026

That’s it. The date format is used in the field, in views (Table, Board, List), and in relation layouts (Cards, List).

Advanced options:

Go to: Edit field display → Date format

• Auto: This is the default and inherits the format settings from Edit field → Date format. Everything works as described above in “The simplest setup”.

You can override these settings:

• Choose Full date, Long date, Short date, Numeric, or Relative. The date field still follows the same logic as each user’s personal date and time format, but can now be different in e.g. views and in the record.
• You can also override each user’s personal date and time format. This is useful when consistency matters more than personal preference. Use this when everyone should see the same format. Choose one of these options:
  • MM/DD/YYYY
  • DD/MM/YYYY
  • DD.MM.YYYY

Some examples:

• A date field can have one format in a table and a different format inside the record (e.g. Edit field = Long date and Edit field display = Numeric)
• Using the “record layout” feature, each layout can use its own date format.
• Tape forms can show a date field in “Long date”, while the linked database shows the same date field in “Full date”.

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We hope these new features open up even more use cases for you in Tape.
If you want to get a head start, just duplicate the template workspace.

Thanks for being part of the journey.
Happy building.

[1F2Ns]

Oh wow, this isn’t just a re-skin of the date field; you completely retooled it. That’s pretty amazing. I noticed the changes earlier today when I was creating a record using the old layout. Good stuff

Is there any chance that we can populate the actual time to the minute when we click the “now” button? That is something that I use on a daily basis, and I always have to edit the time. If it’s not a heavy lift, it would make all of the records we create 6-seconds quicker.

[CarsonRedCliffLabs]

This is awesome. I cannot wait to use it. Thank you!

[Leo]

Thanks so much for the kind words, @1F2Ns and @CarsonRedCliffLabs, really appreciate it

Yes, we’ve actually put quite a bit of detail work into this upgrade. Things like improved keyboard navigation, confirming and closing the date picker with Enter, allowing required time fields to be cleared, and many other smaller improvements based on feedback we’ve gathered over time (and things we’ve run into ourselves).

Also, good news @1F2Ns: based on your feedback yesterday, we went ahead and implemented the minute-accurate current time when clicking the “Now” button. It turned out to be a nice low-hanging, and it should make your workflow a bit smoother as well.

Thanks again for the great input, this kind of feedback really helps us improve things in the right direction.

Best,
Leo

[1F2Ns]

IM SAVING SOOO MANY SECONDS NOW
Thanks for taking my use case into consideration.

[CarsonRedCliffLabs]

Thanks for the reference table showing date formats above.
Is there a similar table (or additional column) available to show us what would be expected for those different formats when using both the Start Date and End Date option in a single date field?

In the example shown below, using the “Full Date” setting, we expected to see something like “Saturday, April 11, 2026 → Friday April 17, 2026” since the full date says that it displays the weekday value.

But we are seeing a value of “April 11 → 17, 2026” which is not what we expected/wanted to see in this use case.

It was also surprising that the Full date and Long date settings seemed to return the exact same value displayed when we toggled between them.

[Samuel222]

Very good job.

[Leo]

Hi @CarsonRedCliffLabs,

thanks a lot for your feedback, you’re absolutely right, this does feel a bit odd

The fact that there’s currently no visible difference between “Full date” and “Long date” for date ranges is something we’ll take another look at. We based these formats on common standards, but in range scenarios they can behave very similarly and sometimes feel a bit unintuitive.

I agree with your point, especially around expecting the weekday to be included, at least for the start date. With ranges this can get a bit tricky in practice, particularly when both dates are in the same month, but your expectation makes total sense.

I’ll review what’s most commonly used in practice for “Full date” formats in these scenarios and see if we should adjust this behavior. I’ll get back to you with an update.

Really appreciate you pointing this out!

Cheers,
Leo

[Leo]

Thanks so much for the kind words, @Samuel222! Really appreciate it

[toni]

Awesome!

So nice to see this incredible tool evolving!!

A doubt came to mind based on using cases of dates in Tape: how does this relate to timezone X calculations? I mean, in calculations with time, we still need to setup timezone to reflect the correct time, right?

Would a calendar view come closer due to this improvement?

Tks Tape team for delivering so much!