# How to set the date in the date picker and display?
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-set-the-date-in-the-date-picker-and-display/1403728
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [July 19, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-set-the-date-in-the-date-picker-and-display/1403728 "2021-07-19T16:25:33Z")
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### Author:  [@gene.arnold9d](https://community.thunkable.com/u/gene.arnold9d)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-set-the-date-in-the-date-picker-and-display/1403728/1 "2021-07-19T16:25:33Z")
I’m using the date picker to allow the user to select a date that will be saved to the local database. After the date is saved I would like to allow the user to review the data later and make changes. I do not see how to set the date picker to the date that is currently stored in the database? I have read in this forum that this is not a feature of the control. So here is what I’m trying to do but needs some help please.
I add a date picker control to the screen but set it visibility to false
I add a label control to the screen that will show the value of the date in the database as well as the date chosen by the user
When a user clicks the label I would like to set the visibility of the date picker to true and show the picker
After the user picks a date the app should update the label and set the date picker visibility to false
I’m doing this because I do not want the date picker date on the screen because it will not be correct. When I try this I can’t seem to get the picker to open up right away and I’m still left with the date picker date on the screen. How should I handle this?
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### Author:  [@gene.arnold9d](https://community.thunkable.com/u/gene.arnold9d)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-set-the-date-in-the-date-picker-and-display/1403728/2 "2021-07-19T16:32:39Z")
So here’s how I’m handling now. I added the date picker to the screen and set it to visible. I also set the font color to transparent so it can not be seen. This seems to be working right now but I’m still open to other suggestions.
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### Author:  [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-set-the-date-in-the-date-picker-and-display/1403728/3 "2024-11-08T13:19:42Z")