UPDATE 2: last modified time is now available to everyone! You can learn more about it here.
UPDATE: The last modified time beta is now closed as we get ready for a general release. Thanks to all of the testers who made this beta a success.
ORIGINAL POST:
Hi folks! We’re very excited to announce that we’re beta testing a last modified time field type, as well as a LAST_MODIFIED_TIME formula function. Many thanks to the users who’ve posted specific, detailed feedback about their needs and use cases with regard to this feature, like @Arlo_Haskell, @Deborah_Buck, and @Jordan_Friedman. We read everything that is posted here in the forums and your feedback is incredibly valuable for us when we’re planning the product roadmap and developing new features!
If you’re a Pro plan user and you’re interested in testing out the last modified time field type and/or the LAST_MODIFIED_TIME formula function—and giving us your feedback—please sign up using this form. (Note: this is a different form from our standard beta signup form, and it requires you to fill out a couple of additional questions.)
As you are all aware, this is a highly anticipated feature, and there are many users who would like to get beta access. However, for technical reasons and to ensure an optimal user experience, rollout for this beta will be conducted in small, limited batches. (In practical terms, that means that it might take a while for you to get access.)
This would be extremely useful!
Is there any news on this topic ?
I believe it would be more appropriate to have a “default value” available on date type fields.
Setting the default value to whatever static date we want OR set it to “created_time()” or “updated_time()” would be an awesome feature !!
+1 for this feature too please, folks. Thank you!
Would love for this to be easier. Perhaps be able to select timezone as a field attribute using Customize? :grinning_face_with_big_eyes:
+1 for Date Modified which should automatically update a date and time when a row changes.
Yes! Most other apps I’ve used offer auto-generated fields like date created, last modified date, created by, modified by, etc. Would definitely love to get these kind of options in AirTable.
Created and modified date fields are coming soon! In the meantime, you can actually use a formula column to get the created time:
Hello,
same question, is it possible now?
Thanks
I’d like to second the points made above, this would be a killer feature for use in my company also. Absolutely loving so many of the great features airtable has so far, but the absence of a modified (or ‘completed’) timestamp feature presents an obstacle for us.
I haven’t been able to find a MODIFIED_TIME() feature within the table’s formula option yet - is this data available in some way via the API?
+1 for modified timestamp - could this also log which field was updated?
+10 We need to be able to make a column hat tells us when the prior column was updated, per record.
It would be great to add a field like “auto number” that dropped in the date (or date and time) that a record was created. This would be very useful when combined with the forms/survey feature.
@Tim_Dietrich
One more vote for “last modified date/time.” It’s a basic database field - please add it as soon as you can. Thank you.
Created and modified date fields are coming soon! In the meantime, you can actually use a formula column to get the created time:
Well it’s been 16 months. Any update on a modified date field?
In addition, are there any technical reasons that this is taking so long to implement? I’m not a programmer so my curiosity is sincere. It seems like your system internal has to know when records are changed; hence the record history. So I’m puzzled as to why this is so difficult to add to the API?
Thank you for taking the time to answer my question.
any date when this will be added?
Ive just signed up and love what I see so far, but have just hit my first snag - the last modified date. Please add it!
Thanks in advance.
+1 Really need this to make updates to a data base
Yes, please! I’m searching for this feature too. It seems there’s excellent, detailed modification information in the ‘history’ section of the expanded record view. So the info is definitely in there, but no way to access the data or work with it in formulas.
It would really be fantastic to be able to filter or group a view by “updated today” “updated this week”, etc. Maybe this is already a feature, but I haven’t found it.
Hope this is coming soon to a screen near me! 
MODIFIED_TIME() would be the only way to follow what happened when doing tasks pipeline tracking.
MODIFIED_TIME() would be the only way to follow what happened when doing tasks pipeline tracking.
Are you using that formula in airtable?
I tried to enter it in, but it throws an “unknown formula” error message.
Are you using that formula in airtable?
I tried to enter it in, but it throws an “unknown formula” error message.
Sorry, I was only expressing a feature wish but it seems It suggested that the feature existed. Unfortunately it is not.
Update from Airtable team: Created Time is now available as its own field type, in addition to a formula function.
We’re working on some system upgrades to support a modified time field as well, and plan on making that available soon.
Update from Airtable team: Created Time is now available as its own field type in the type picker, in addition to the existing formula function.
We’re working on some system upgrades to support a last modified time field as well, and plan on making that available soon.
Update from Airtable team: Created Time is now available as its own field type in the type picker, in addition to the existing formula function.
We’re working on some system upgrades to support a last modified time field as well, and plan on making that available soon.
Hi,
Great news to ear the last modified coming.
A side question is, will that update will make an “on update” trigger
available in zapier intégration ?
Cheers
Separately from the Last Modified field, we are looking into adding support for webhooks and on-update triggers in the longer term.
The Last Modified field won’t include those changes, but it will enable a workaround for them, which is querying the Airtable API only for records modified after a specific date and time.
Update from Airtable team: Created Time is now available as its own field type in the type picker, in addition to the existing formula function.
We’re working on some system upgrades to support a last modified time field as well, and plan on making that available soon.
Any clarification on “soon”? within the next few months?
