Last modified time [SOLVED]

[Katherine_Duh]

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.)

[Matt_Langston]

Any update on the last modified time?

[David_Huck]

Any updates? Would love to have last modified for an inventory sheet

[David_Berg]

It does not appear that this functionality made it into Airtable in the coming months. True?

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[Tiffany_Hamilto]

Hi Matt, I would like to add that the modified date and the user who created a record would be VERY helpful to our team in order to streamline our workflow as well. We are loving AirTable so far, just need those two features to really make it great.

Any ETA on those features?

Much appreciated! Keep up on the great product!

Thanks!
Tiffany

[Polina_Hanin]

Hey Matt - would be great to know when this workaround is coming. Thanks!!

[Christopher_O_K]

Hey team - any updates?

[Darryl_Holliday]

Any ideas on how to edit the Created Date field? I was manually logging created dates until discovering the field today. I need to edit all of the rows prior to today with the correct “created date” but it seems the field can’t be edited.

[Peter_Banks]

Hi - are there any updates on when a Last Modified Date will be available. Or if there is a workaround to show the records that have been recently changed.

[W_Vann_Hall]

As far as I know, the field can’t be edited. Something I’ve used before is to create a ‘created override’ column — essentially the manually-logged dates you currently have — and a ‘created’ column. The last is a formula field with the following configuration:

IF({Override}!="",{Override},CREATED_TIME())

This allows you to pick up the internal created timestamp as a default but allows you to override it manually if necessary. Presumably, at some point in the future, after aging out the last record requiring the override, you can delete the override column and set {Created} to be a field of Created_Time type.

[Chris_Lu]

Agreed with all above, the lack of a last modified timestamp is preventing us from using Airtable on a company-wide scale.

Is there any news on when this might become available?