The "date" field is the documents SQL table is mainly used to display the document in chronological order and show the date, for example by
<BOUCLE_doc(DOCUMENTS){par date}>#ID_DOCUMENT published on #DATE ...
If you are unhappy with the date you sent the document in the database, this box allows you to change it (for example if you send a collection of pictures and want to be precise with the date you take each of them).