Go to Docutainers > SMARText Items or press F10 on the keyboard.

1. Press the Create a new SMARText item button.
2. Fill in the radio button next to Custom.
3. Click on the drop-down arrow.

Click on the + next to Generic, as well as the + next to Controls.  Double-click on Date Time Picker.

Click Create.

1. Assign this SMARText Item a shortcut. (user will need to make sure this shortcut is not too long, is not a real word, and has a unique identifier--in this example, initials are attached to, "armr," and easy to remember).
2. Assign a description.
3. Assign keywords. (user will need to make sure he/she includes a unique keyword--in this example, the initials 'srs' is the unique identifier. This will help with searching for this SMARText item in the future).
4. Assign the SMARText item a display header.  The words typed in this box will display within the encounter notes.
5. Click Save.

With a patient's chart open, and an encounter note field active, type the shortcut assigned to the Date Time Picker SMARText item, and press the spacebar on the keyboard.

Notice that once the shortcut was entered and the spacebar was pressed, the text entered into the note is the Display Header.

1. Single-click on the display header.
2. Click the drop-down arrow to display the calendar.
3. Select a date from the calendar displayed in the SMARText Quick Access (which is mostly likely docked to the right of a user's screen).  The current time will also display within the note, next to the date selected.