worklog pre-populate the date

[Becky York]

https://ourjira.atlassian.net/secure/CreateWorklog!default.jspa?key=ticket-1&timeLogged=1h30m&comment=some+comment

I'm using the following url to pre-populate fields in the worklog so I can post my time spent from outlook, which works well except that I can't seem to pre-populate StartDate; no matter what fieldname I use the date picker gets populated with the current time and I have to change it manually.

I've tried various combinations based on the field names in the html, and various date formats
&dateLogged=1/jan/2021
&startDate=2021-01-01
&startDateLogged=2021-01-01
etc

This is the last step to effortless timelogging, can anyone help?

[Earl McCutcheon]

Hello @Becky York ,

The ability to modify the start date value via the method you are using is not possible, and there was a feature request raised for this a while back but it was closed out as a "Won't do" feature for the reasons discussed in the request:

• https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-30728
• https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-30728

The recommended approach would be to use the API to update the worklog of the desired issue as covered under the API documentation:

• PUT /rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/worklog/{id}

The API will give you the option to update the time spent, comments, and start date.

Regards,
Earl