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# Add Creation Date automatically to your form

In Flokzu you can add the creation/start date of a form automatically using our Web Service Echo.

In order to do this you must follow the following steps: 

1. Place a Date type field in your form.  

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2. Add a Service call task in the workflow of your process and select Web Service REST. In this example we will call the task 'Add Date to form'.

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3. Enter the ECHO URL under URL field: https://app.flokzu.com/flokzuopenapi/api/commons/JSON/echo

4. Select POST method. 

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5. Input: Select an **input parameter** (e.g. 'paramA') and '@Today' as **value**.

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6. Output: Select the parameter previously chosen as **output parameter** and the Date field (e.g. 'Creation Date') as **value**. 

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7. Headers: Select 'Content-Type' as **parameter** and 'application/json' as **value**. 

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|| The result is that after you submit the initial form, today's date will be added to the date type field you have included in your form.