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The first part of this Text(Hour...) corresponds to a dropdown box to pick the current hour
The 2nd part of all the #'s is to pick the minutes

Text(Hour(Parent.Default),"[$-en-US]00")

["00","01","02","03","04","05","06","07","08","09","10","11","12","13","14","15","16","17","18","19","20","21","22","23","24","25","26","27","28","29","30","31","32","33","34","35","36","37","38","39","40","41","42","43","44","45","46","47","48","49","50","51","52","53","54","55","56","57","58","59"]

The last part is selecting my date (which will just choose off of the last linked event I choose)

BrowseGallery1.Selected.EventDate

What I am trying to do, is make the date picker to always show the current date, and have the hour and minute box show the current time, but still allow choosing any number.

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bdodu 399 on at

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And how is this different from the standard implementation of a DateValue DataCard ?

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xerxes2985 17 on at

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The default is blank. I want it to show the current hour, and I want the date to show the current date, and then let you choose other dates.

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CarlosFigueira Microsoft Employee on at

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You can change the Default property of the card (the card that holds the value, not the individual controls) so that if the value is null (which is the case for new items) then it will use the current time instead.

Coalesce(ThisItem.<dateTimeFieldName>, Now())

Notice that if this field can have null values already stored, then you may overwrite them if you use the expression above. Another alternative is to check the form mode, and if it's in the "NewForm" mode (creating a new item), then use the current date/time like shown below.

If(
EditForm1.Mode = FormMode.New,
Now(),
ThisItem.<dateTimeFieldName>)

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xerxes2985 17 on at

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Sorry for such a delayed response. The first method you provided works fine for the calendar date as a starting and endpoint. Thanks!
Coalesce(ThisItem.EventDate, Now())

However, I can't seem to figure out how to apply the same concept to the hour / minute picker. Here is the default code that is in the app:

Hour drop down
["00","01","02","03","04","05","06","07","08","09","10","11","12","13","14","15","16","17","18","19","20","21","22","23"]
Minute drop down
["00","01","02","03","04","05","06","07","08","09","10","11","12","13","14","15","16","17","18","19","20","21","22","23","24","25","26","27","28","29","30","31","32","33","34","35","36","37","38","39","40","41","42","43","44","45","46","47","48","49","50","51","52","53","54","55","56","57","58","59"]
It works to be able to choose what time just fine, but how would I make it so it reflects the current time (as a starting point to choose from)? I've attached a screen capture. Also, there is not a corresponding data card to the drop down lists for hour/minute.

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PK_Hong 337 on at

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Hi @xerxes2985

For Dropdown, you may alwasy use "Default" value and refer to current time.
eg.: Dropdown.Default = Text(Now(), "hh") for hour, and "mm" for min)

Hope this helps.

Have a nice day.

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xerxes2985 17 on at

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@PK_Hong

Under the drop down control (advanced tab) I've used the following for hour, and left the function line with the standard [00-23] as previously mentioned. - This is working fine.
Text(Now(), "[$-en-US]hh")

However, on the minute one (using the same method and the [00-59]) It seems to be stuck at the default time for the minutes being at 08
Text(Now(), "[$-en-US]mm")
Any ideas?

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PK_Hong 337 on at

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Hi @xerxes2985

My correction as I am also unaware of the limitation.
Anyway, just use Right() function.

Right(Text(Now(), "[$-en-US]hh:mm"), 2),..., to extract right side of hh:mm, to be "mm"

Please refer to documentation:
> The m or the mm placeholder must appear immediately after the h or hh placeholder or immediately before the ss placeholder. Otherwise, Text returns the month instead of minutes.

Have a nice day

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BrownMango69 25 on at

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@PK_Hong wrote:
Hi @xerxes2985

My correction as I am also unaware of the limitation.
Anyway, just use Right() function.

Right(Text(Now(), "[$-en-US]hh:mm"), 2),..., to extract right side of hh:mm, to be "mm"

Please refer to documentation:
> The m or the mm placeholder must appear immediately after the h or hh placeholder or immediately before the ss placeholder. Otherwise, Text returns the month instead of minutes.

Have a nice day
I was fumbling for sometime before I found this post about the mm needing the hh - thank you very much!

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