topic Re: Format read-only datetime fields in web survey? in ArcGIS Survey123 Questions

Format read-only datetime fields in web survey?

TomSchwartzman — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 18:55:39 GMT

I have a survey which captures a datetime. When entering data via the browser, or even editing/viewing an existing survey entry via the browser (mode=edit&globalId=xxx, or even mode=view), I see a nicely formatted split date/time display. In this survey the datetime field is not read-only:

If I have another survey pointed to this same underlying dataset and in this survey the datetime field is marked as read-only (i.e. using a dashboard to edit a survey entry, with some fields r/o), I see this:

Which is a very unfriendly way for a casual user to view the datetime field.

Is there any way I can force a better format when in read-only mode for this field?

Thanks,

Tom S.

Re: Format read-only datetime fields in web survey?

Jim-Moore — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 00:10:25 GMT

Hi Tom

This is a known issue with read-only dateTime fields in the web app. Please log a bug through Esri Support if you'd like to track any progress on this issue.

One workaround could be to show this information in the second survey in a note question. You could format the date and time using the format-date() function (see Formulas—ArcGIS Survey123 | Documentation for more info). For example:

format-date(${datetime},'%m/%d/%Y %H:%M')

You could then use the hide=field: URL parameter to hide the dateTime question. Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Jim

Re: Format read-only datetime fields in web survey?

TomSchwartzman — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 14:16:42 GMT

Thanks Jim - the note will work just fine.

Tom

Re: Format read-only datetime fields in web survey?

JodyZhengLiu — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 07:22:09 GMT

Hi Tom,

This is fixed in the web app and will be available on the next 3.11 release planned for mid Oct. Would you mind have a try then?

Thanks,

Jody Zheng Liu

Re: Format read-only datetime fields in web survey?

JoshConrad1 — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:55:34 GMT

I needed to have a readonly date field appear in my form with the intent of hosting a web map as an element in an experience builder map that integrated survey123 into the map's popup. the form was developed using Survey123 connect, and when i would test it as desired (thru Experience Builder) the date field was still editable. I finally got the date field to be uneditable by configuring my date field in survey123 as described below:

1) create a date field type

2) set appearance to Hidden

3) set readonly to YES and default to "today()"

then created a new text field type - set it to required and read only and set the entry in the calculation column to format-date(${date_field_name},'%m/%d/%Y'). solved my issue.

hope this methodology works for others trying to do something similar with different field types!