Automatically adding date to attribute table in ArcGIS 10.3.1 for Desktop?

Question

I am using ArcGIS 10.3.1 for Desktop.

I am working on a polygon layer in GDB file and i want that every feature that have been created in the map will be the date of creation (date and datetime). I created a field named "date" and choose "Date" in the Data Type

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but the problem is that when i digitized a polygon in the map, the date hasn't added to the attribute table:

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• GISGe: Have you tried editor tracking?
• newGIS: i work with 10.3.1
• Oliver Burdekin: Editor tracking was available at least as far back as 10.1. It is available in your version
• newGIS: this option is blocked.

Answer 1

You appear to be confusing "attributes" and "values". By selecting the [Data Type] as "date" you are informing ArcGIS that this field or column will contain dates. You have not told ArcGIS what those dates are. If you were to add another field or column and set the [Data Type] as "text" would you expect Arc to populate it with the word "text"?

The [Data Type] is important because in GDBs (and many other database types) you cannot mix data types within the same field or column. With your "Date" data type you can enter dates. You could not enter the text "Date not recorded".

As suggested in the comment, Editor Tracking might suit your needs. In order to enable it, open Arc Catalog and navigate to your feature class.

Right click> manage> enable editor tracking

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• newGIS: the "Enable Editor Tracking" option is blocked. why is it?
• GISGe: @newGIS - Is your dataset open in another instance of ArcGIS (e.g. ArcMap)?
• newGIS: no it isn't open in another place
• Oliver Burdekin: Are you currently in a editing session? Please add a screen shot (similar to the one in my answer) to your original post.
• newGIS: It worked out now, after i restart the computer