Date calculations

[shadynafie]

Hi, I am new to Adalo, and I am pretty excited by its potential, but there is something that is driving me crazy

The user of the app will pick a date using the date picker (I will call it ‘initial date’).
I want to calculate a new date which is 6 months after the date picked by the user (I will call it ‘due date’), and then put the ‘due date’ in the database.

I know that I should be using a custom formula. but WHERE is Adalo can I do this?

Thank you so much for your help

[dilon_perera]

Hi @shadynafie,

Welcome to the community

These topics will help you!

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Adding a javascript snippet

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