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Nov 11, 2023 04:33 PM
We have a Start Date (Date field) and a Start Time (Duration Field). I want to combine them together.
The first formula I have does combine them, but not in the way that airtable calendar view recognizes it as a date/time field.
Can you help me create a formula that will format it properly (more like the "copy" field below, but showing the correct time.
Currently I am using:
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Nov 11, 2023 04:52 PM
Hey @David_Allen-Hu1 great question and I feel like you're close. To combine a date and a duration and keep it in the correct Date Time format, use the DATEADD function and use 'seconds' as the time duration. Like this:
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Nov 11, 2023 04:52 PM
Hey @David_Allen-Hu1 great question and I feel like you're close. To combine a date and a duration and keep it in the correct Date Time format, use the DATEADD function and use 'seconds' as the time duration. Like this:

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Nov 11, 2023 05:15 PM
@Arthur_Tutt for the win! Thank you for your super speedy and helpful response!

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Nov 11, 2023 07:36 PM
Ack - got another related issued.
I duplicated concept for End Date & End Time...but many events do not have an end date and/or time. How can I adjust this to not show if EITHER end date or End time is missing?
How does this impact "multi day events" such as "Off for Thanksgiving week"?

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Nov 11, 2023 10:27 PM
@Arthur_Tutt - one more issue!
The formula is having the combined startdate/time field showing a different time zone (GMT?). We are Los Angeles time (with daylight savings). Any help with this and/or above?

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Nov 12, 2023 12:47 AM
IF(AND({End Date}, {End Time}), DATEADD({End Date}, {End Time}, 'seconds')) will only give you an output if both fields have a value.
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Nov 12, 2023 04:31 AM
@David_Allen-Hu1 Airtable seems to have a weird quirk where a date on it's own (with no time stamp) is hard set to GMT. You can see this by showing the time zone on your date field. A simple (but not perfect) work around is to show the time on your date field. That forces Airtable to pull in the correct time zone.

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Nov 12, 2023 06:25 AM
Ugh. This is what I originally did but then separated the fields so we could better manage “all day” events.
if I put them back into one date/time field, how do I get airtable to properly display the “all day” events?
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Nov 12, 2023 07:39 AM
Hey @David_ALLEN-HUG when you say display all day events what do you mean? what kind of output are you looking for?

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Nov 12, 2023 07:40 AM
Where the all day event isn’t linked to a specific time and shows up at the top, like these birthday ones in attached
