# Date and time without using date picker **URL:** \ **Category:** Database\ **Created:** [December 31, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/date-and-time-without-using-date-picker/21467 "2021-12-31T18:58:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![Yongki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7c8e57/32.png) [@Yongki](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Yongki)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/date-and-time-without-using-date-picker/21467/3 "2022-01-01T21:37:21Z")
Just in case, you didn’t see this thread, > [@Free Template - Komun for Community Support - In Progress](https://forum.adalo.com/t/free-template-komun-for-community-support-in-progress/18793/9): > > v0.33 Calendar replacement as date picker when adding project. [compressed 2021-12-09 at 2.12.01 PM (1)] By default, add new project button will make start date for tomorrow and end date for next week, assuming most of community project cannot be started instantly, so tomorrow is the default selection and to get more quality result at least a week is recommended, so default selection for end date is a week from start date. date without background = cannot be selected as they are before today … I build my own date picker using list. To know what date time field is calculated, read this post, > [@Help : StarTIME +60 = funny Endtime thinking](https://forum.adalo.com/t/help-startime-60-funny-endtime/1987/3): > > Just figured it out: If you start calculating in a formula with a date/time you will get a decimal as a result: [image]. This number represent the number of days since 01/01/1970. That means today 6/18/2020 is 18431 days past 01/01/1970. The decimal represent the fraction of time per day. If you want to add 1 day you can just calculate [image] If you want to add minutes you have to use the fraction of 1/1440 for 1 minute [image] In the Custom Formula you can add minutes like this: [im… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.adalo.com/t/date-and-time-without-using-date-picker/21467)._