# Field Timers - How do they work?

**URL:** <https://integration.keap.com/t/field-timers-how-do-they-work/989>\
**Category:** Max Classic\
**Tags:** field-timers\
**Created:** [June 22, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://integration.keap.com/t/field-timers-how-do-they-work/989 "2017-06-22T17:09:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Adrian\_Tobey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/integration.keap.com/adrian_tobey/32/4601_2.png) [@Adrian\_Tobey](https://integration.keap.com/u/Adrian_Tobey)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://integration.keap.com/t/field-timers-how-do-they-work/989/1 "2017-06-22T17:09:21Z")

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The question is… If a contact gets held up by a field timer for a specific date, that’s great. But what if the date changes? Will that contact be sent the email for the original date when they first got held up, or the new date when it changes?

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**Author:** ![Cheryl\_Hunt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/integration.keap.com/cheryl_hunt/32/287_2.png) [@Cheryl\_Hunt](https://integration.keap.com/u/Cheryl_Hunt)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://integration.keap.com/t/field-timers-how-do-they-work/989/3 "2017-06-22T17:57:01Z")

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Adrian, if the date gets changed in the contact record, the contact will need to be taken out of the sequence where the field timer is and then added back in for the new date to take effect.

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**Author:** ![Adrian\_Tobey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/integration.keap.com/adrian_tobey/32/4601_2.png) [@Adrian\_Tobey](https://integration.keap.com/u/Adrian_Tobey)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://integration.keap.com/t/field-timers-how-do-they-work/989/5 "2017-06-22T19:28:42Z")

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I’ve also discovered that if the campaign is published again after the fact, that the new date changes will take affect.

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**Author:** ![Cheryl\_Hunt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/integration.keap.com/cheryl_hunt/32/287_2.png) [@Cheryl\_Hunt](https://integration.keap.com/u/Cheryl_Hunt)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://integration.keap.com/t/field-timers-how-do-they-work/989/6 "2017-06-22T22:13:50Z")

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That’s right. I forgot about that. Thanks for the reminder!