Date Fields
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Date field features can be used to print dates on labels for best food quality.
Date fields are set in the Items tab and added to a label from the Printer Profiles tab, see Use Date Fields in an Item and Use Date Fields in a Printer Profile.
There are five date fields, four are set in the portal, and one is set on the app:
| Portal | App |
| Food Expiration | Food Prepared |
| Food Pull | |
| Food Temper | |
| Food Thaw/Ready |
TIP & TRICK
When you use multiple date fields on one item, they calculate automatically based on each other. The Food Prepared date (the time you print or set) is the starting point for everything else. Expand the accordion sections below to see examples of how combined date fields work together.
Food Prepared: A date printed on the label of the item, which is the day it is made or prepared.
The start date of the food prepared date and can be edited in the portal and app. Located in the print preview page app notification bar, see Understanding the Print Preview Page
The item will expire at the end of the 24 hour day of the set expiration date.
Item
App
Printer profile
Food Expiration: A date printed on the label of the item, which is the day the food expires.
Starts from the prepared date and includes the thaw/ready date. Can be edited in the portal and app.
Item
Portal
App
Printer profile
Food Pull: A date printed on the label of an item, which is the day the food should be pulled from sale or no longer sold.
Starts on prepared date and can be edited in the portal.
Example of Comb
Expiratio
How it works: Both the 4 hour pull date clock and the 2 day expiration date clock start immediately when prepped.
The
Item
Printer profile
Food Temper: A date printed on the label of the item, which is the day it must be heated or cooled at a specific temperature before expiration.
Starts on prepared date and can be edited in the portal.
Example of Comb
Expiration date (2 Days) + Temper date (3 Hours)
How it works: The 3 hour temper date clock and the 2 day expiration date clock both start immediately when prepped.
The label shows: A temper date time for 3 hours from now, and an expiration date for 2 days from
Item
Printer profile
Food Thaw/Ready: A date printed on the label of the item, which is the day it's removed from the freezer to thaw and is ready to prep.
Number of days from prepared date, adds to expiration date. Can be edited in the portal.
Example of Comb
Expiration date (2 Days) + Thaw date (1 Day)
How it works:
The label shows: A thaw ready time for tomorrow, and an expiration date f
Item
Printer profile
End of Day (EOD)
- Use Expires at the end of day for an item that must expire at the end of a 24 hour day of the set expiration period.
- Use Thaws/Ready at end of day box for an item that will expire or be ready through the end of the number of days set for the item.
- The letters EOD can be printed on labels after the expiration date as a reminder.
- If End of Day box is not used, the item date field added to the label will use the date, hour, and minute printed to display the exact date and time the item will expire or be ready based on the prepared date and time.
Managers need permissions turned on to edit date fields:
