Date field format

  • Resolved Rose

    (@thorned-rose)


    3 years, 3 months ago

    When using the date field, using the picker formats the date as the WordPress default – F j, Y which outputs as November 2, 2022. That’s all fine. If I manually enter a date, say 2/11/2022 (2 November 2022) then the date field thinks I am entering February 11 2022 – the day and month are reversed. In New Zealand (where we are) the date format is dd/mm/yyyy not mm/dd/yyyy. How can I get consistency in the date picker whilst still allowing manual entry? Thanks!! 🙂

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  • Thread Starter Rose

    (@thorned-rose)

    3 years, 3 months ago

    Is it also possible to restrict the past date range to a set date e.g. not allow any date before April 2021?

    EDIT: I’ve been able to partially resolve this by using the guide here: https://acowebs.com/guideline/plugin-docs-faqs/wcpa/datetime-customizations/

    {
"formatDate":"d/m/Y",
"mask":"39/19/2099",
"minDate":"01/04/2021"
}

    However, the date picker calendar still sets the date format as the WordPress default (November 2, 2022 instead of 02/11/2022) and manually entering a date seems to confuse the date picker calendar for some dates e.g. it can’t make sense of 31/02/2022 because it’s reading it as the 2nd of the 31st month 2022.

    EDIT 2: Setting the WordPress date format as d/m/Y fixes the inconsistent dates and the date picker calendar doesn’t mix up the day and month. However this can’t be a permanent solution as blog articles and the like need to have the F j, Y format.

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    Rahul K

    (@rahulacodez)

    3 years, 3 months ago

    Hi,
    If you are using our pro version plugin there is an option to disable the manual input.
    You can enable those to avoid manual input.

    Thanks

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