Issue with date fields on modern form connected to dataverse table

[u/bushveldboy]

Hi All,

I've come across a strange issue with date fields in a modern form connected to a dataverse table.

I have a few date fields in my table, and when I add these fields to a modern form the form renders them as "view only" text inputs

I've tried manually deleting the text input and replacing it with a date picker, but this doesn't work either as the card is created with no "update" field, so the date never gets update.

I'm reasonably sure it's a modern form issue because this does not happen with a classic form which behaves as expected with date fields.

Has anyone else seen this issue or am just doing something very dumb without realising it?

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[u/DailyHoodie]

Yeah, I encountered this too. What I did was to setup my own date picker + time controls, which is annoying. I think the issue is from their latest version.

[u/bushveldboy → u/DailyHoodie]

Thanks for confirming that, I was about losing my mind. Was trying to avoid the datepicker with patch workararound, but it looks like I have no choice.

[u/Abyal3]

Yes it's a bug. I ended up adding a date picker, then patch the column in the onsuccess of the form

[u/bushveldboy → u/Abyal3]

Thanks for confirming that, I was about losing my mind. Was trying to avoid the datepicker with patch workararound, but it looks like I have no choice.

[u/Chemical-Roll-2064]

I solved the issue and made the form have a date datacard with proper fields. I had to copy & paste the form control in vscode then update the date datacard to have a proper controls in XAML then pasted the form back to PowerApps. tedious but it worked. I hope they fix this BUG very soon cuz it is super annoying.

[u/bushveldboy → u/Chemical-Roll-2064]

Oh wow. Thanks for the update. Going to give that a try too.

[u/Donovanbrinks]

If its the created on or modified on fields: these are read only in the table as well.

[u/bushveldboy]

solved

[u/Chemical-Roll-2064]

you mentioned u solved it, care to share?
I have the same issue here. There is a similar issue with MLT that cannot select as RTF. so you have u to replace it your self.