# Timestamp inside slice - possible to use default: now?
**URL:** https://community.prismic.io/t/timestamp-inside-slice-possible-to-use-default-now/298
**Category:** Developing with Prismic
**Created:** [April 26, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/timestamp-inside-slice-possible-to-use-default-now/298 "2020-04-26T18:28:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@patrick](https://community.prismic.io/u/patrick)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/timestamp-inside-slice-possible-to-use-default-now/298/1 "2020-04-26T18:28:03Z")
Is it possible to use the JSON config for timestamps to default to the current time when used within a slice? When I try it, it returns midnight for each instance, whereas a timestamp in the main level does correctly return the current time.
I suppose that I'm expecting that it would fire the now calculation when the user adds the slice but maybe that's not possible (or how most would prefer to use it).
---
### Author:  [@Phil](https://community.prismic.io/u/Phil)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/timestamp-inside-slice-possible-to-use-default-now/298/4 "2020-04-29T16:47:39Z")
Hi Patrick,
This looks like a bug with timestamps in Slices. I've made the [@Prismic-Dev-Team](https://community.prismic.io/groups/prismic-dev-team) aware of this and they have a logged this to be fixed.
Sorry for any inconvenience this is causing in the meantime.
Thanks.
---
### Author:  [@patrick](https://community.prismic.io/u/patrick)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/timestamp-inside-slice-possible-to-use-default-now/298/5 "2020-04-29T17:10:38Z")
I appreciate you all looking into it!
Additionally, if it helps, I also tried to add a timestamp to a Groups field and it exhibits the same behavior.
---
### Author:  [@Phil](https://community.prismic.io/u/Phil)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/timestamp-inside-slice-possible-to-use-default-now/298/6 "2020-04-29T17:12:55Z")
That definitely helps, thanks for the extra info.
---
### Author:  [@Phil](https://community.prismic.io/u/Phil)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/timestamp-inside-slice-possible-to-use-default-now/298/10 "2020-09-22T15:25:43Z")
This has been logged in issue tracker and has been been marked as a low priority to be fixed in our backlog behind more pressing issues.
---
### Author:  [@system](https://community.prismic.io/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2021, 12:12pm UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/timestamp-inside-slice-possible-to-use-default-now/298/11 "2021-12-09T12:12:56Z")