Change the default Start and End Time for new Events

Question

We are using a SharePoint team calendar for vacation form approvals. The default values for new events Start Time and End Time defaults to the next full hour, example 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM, when entering a new item at 4:44 PM.

Is it possible to set the default value for the start time to 8:00 AM and end time to 5:00 PM, but still keep the current, today's date?

We are using SharePoint 2010. I was able to find this, but it does not provide the solution I was hoping for + doesn't work for modal windows.

Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

You can disable modal windows using List settings > Advanced Settings > Launch Forms in a dialog = No

The JavaScript given in the "Setting a default duration for new SharePoint Calendar Events" post (I wrote it by the way!) can be easily modified to 8am / 5pm by anyone who's familiar with JavaScript.

Remove Lines 22 to 41 and add this after line 21

cboStartHours.val("08:");
cboEndHoursHours.val("17:");

(Might be slightly different if depending on your regional settings look at the html source to see what values are)

Alternatively

• you can create your own "New" form using Visual Studio or SharePoint designer.

• You can force the "All Day Event" flag (still problem with Modal dlg boxes though) - http://www.nothingbutsharepoint.com/sites/eusp/Pages/jquery-to-the-rescue-automate-all-day-event.aspx

• You can create a custom list that just has a start/end date rather than start/end date/time

Answer 2

Did you considered using updating the default columns to include for their default values a calculated value as per the example Today + 0.33336 (08:00 AM) and Today + 0.70839 (17:00).

Alternatively, did you already calendar settings in your Regional Settings for the particular subsite to match your settings?