# Form Node - Time and Date field datatypes

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/form-node-time-and-date-field-datatypes/94210>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [27 December 2024 19:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/form-node-time-and-date-field-datatypes/94210 "2024-12-27T19:35:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![alanmasu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/alanmasu/32/32206_2.png) [@alanmasu](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/alanmasu)\
**Post date:** [27 December 2024 19:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/form-node-time-and-date-field-datatypes/94210/1 "2024-12-27T19:35:02Z")

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Hi at all,  
I'm going crazy trying to figure out what format ui-form sends date and time fields in, specifically when DST exists; can someone explain this to me? Specifically, does it depend on the OS, on the browser? The machine time affects it's resoult?

Alan

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**Author:** ![zenofmud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/zenofmud/32/316_2.png) [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\
**Post date:** [28 December 2024 00:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/form-node-time-and-date-field-datatypes/94210/2 "2024-12-28T00:49:35Z")

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It would be helpful if you would tell us

1. what version of NR and node.js you are using (see startup log)
2. what version of the dashboard you are using: dashboard 1 or 2?
3. are you using Docker of Home Assistant?
4. what device are you running NR on?

Have you added a`debug` node to the output of the ui-form node to see the results?

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [28 December 2024 13:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/form-node-time-and-date-field-datatypes/94210/3 "2024-12-28T13:50:25Z")

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If you are using the old original node-red-dashboard then [this issue](https://github.com/node-red/node-red-dashboard/issues/787) may help to explain the issue. Basically with the old dashboard the situation is not ideal. It is much improved on the newflowfuse dashboard [node-red-dashboard (node) - Node-RED](https://flows.nodered.org/node/@flowfuse/node-red-dashboard).

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [27 January 2025 13:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/form-node-time-and-date-field-datatypes/94210/4 "2025-01-27T13:50:33Z")

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