# AlarmJournalTable,How to set default Datetime?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarmjournaltable-how-to-set-default-datetime/90984>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [May 28, 2024, 1:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarmjournaltable-how-to-set-default-datetime/90984 "2024-05-28T01:54:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![taohongyu88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@taohongyu88](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/taohongyu88)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 1:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarmjournaltable-how-to-set-default-datetime/90984/1 "2024-05-28T01:54:16Z")

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AlarmJournalTable,How to set default Datetime?

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If I bind like it, customers can't change Datetime?  
I want bind the datetime first time, How to do it?

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 2:27am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarmjournaltable-how-to-set-default-datetime/90984/2 "2024-05-28T02:27:18Z")

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Use `now(0)` instead of `now()`. The former only executes on demand. The latter executes once per second. (See the docs.)