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Column: date and time

3 steps± 2 minVideoVerified 22 Oct 2026
  1. Step 1 · Open your development environment
  2. Step 2 · Add a Date and time column
  3. Step 3 · Schedule an appointment

A Date and time column stores a moment: an appointment, the time of a delivery, when something came in. You schedule an appointment in the workshop.

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Step 1 / 3

Open your development environment

In the portal, under Environments, click Development, and there Open. Flow opens in a new tab and you are signed in straight away.

  1. Click Development
Open your development environment · Click Development
  1. Click Open ↗
Open your development environment · Click Open ↗
Step 2 / 3

Add a Date and time column

Open the table, go to Columns, click ＋ Column and choose Date and time under Type.

  1. Click the table ‘Appointments (date and time)’
Add a Date and time column · Click the table ‘Appointments (date and time)’
  1. Click Columns
Add a Date and time column · Click Columns
  1. Click ＋ Column
Add a Date and time column · Click ＋ Column
  1. In Name, type appointment
  2. In Type, choose Date and time
Add a Date and time column · In Name, type appointment; In Type, choose Date and time
Add a Date and time column · The column appointment, of type Date and time.
  1. Click Save structure
Add a Date and time column · Click Save structure
Add a Date and time column · The notice Table saved.
Step 3 / 3

Schedule an appointment

Under Data you pick a day and a time. Flow stores the moment as 2026-10-12T09:30:00, the form your API and your workflows use as well.

  1. Click Data
Schedule an appointment · Click Data
  1. In customer, type Mrs Baker
  2. In appointment, type 2026-10-12T09:30
Schedule an appointment · In customer, type Mrs Baker; In appointment, type 2026-10-12T09:30
  1. Click Add
Schedule an appointment · Click Add
Schedule an appointment · The appointment on 12 October 2026 at 9:30.

This guide was carried out step by step on 22 Oct 2026 by an automated test on Flow (version 3e563176).