Date Happened: change the date stamp of a story or survey response

Owned by Matt Kepple
Last updated: Nov 22, 2022
4 min read

You can backdate your stories, updates and survey responses by using the Date Happened field.

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Background information

On Makerble there are three dates captured for each story (or survey response):

  • Date Posted

  • Date Happened

  • Date Most Recently Edited

 

You can see these Dates on the Summary tab of the story page

You can also see the Dates whenever the story appears on a Timeline

  • Blue box: this displays the Date Happened

  • Green box: this displays the Date Posted

  • Purple box: this displayed how long ago the story was posted. And if the story has been edited, it will instead display how long ago the story was edited.

  • Purple line: this displays the time and date that the story was edited

When to use 'Date Happened'

The Date Happened date field lets you select your own date in a story. This is the date that any progress data in your story will be associated with.

For example:

  • If a user has a meeting with a beneficiary on Monday

  • but the user is busy and only has time to create the story on Wednesday,

  • the user can use the Date Happened field to say that the story is about activity that happened on Monday,

  • even though the story was created in the database on Wednesday

How to enter ‘Date Happened’ in a story

The Date Happened field lets you can change the date that is recorded for a story or survey response. It appears on the:

  • Create story page (including the various Complete Survey pages)

  • Edit story page

  • Timeline Update section

  • Quick Update popup

How to change the date while completing a survey

The Date Happened field only appears once it has been added to the Survey that the story belongs to: Add the Date Happened field to a Survey

  1. On the Create/Edit Story page scroll down to the Date the activity actually happened field

  2. Press the calendar icon

  3. A mini calendar is displayed

  4. Select a new date using the Date Picker

  5. Press Publish Now to save the story (or survey response)

  6. The story will display the Date the activity actually happened as being the date you have set

How to change the date while using the Quick Update popup

  1. In the Quick Update popup, press the Change the date

  2. A date field appears

  3. Click the calendar icon

  4. A calendar appears

  5. Press the arrow to change the Month and Year

  6. A list of years appears

  7. Scroll up and down to find the year of your choice

  8. Then select the month

  9. Then select the date

  10. The new date is now displayed in the date field

  11. Press Publish to post the story

How to change the date of a story when posting a Timeline Update from either the Homepage or a contact’s Profile Summary

  1. Press the Date button (Pink arrow)

  2. A date field appears called When did this happen

  3. Either type the date into the date field

  4. Or press the calendar icon to use the Date Picker to select a date

  5. A mini calendar appears

  6. Use the arrows on the right to change the month or use the arrow next to the year to change the Month & Year

  7. Once you have set the date and finished creating your story, press the green Post button in the top right corner of the Timeline Update box