Need a date field for post, not custom field

There isn’t any option right now. But you can take advantage of the filter system of the plugin. Add a datepicker custom field to the form and name the meta key to `post_date`. Now drop this code to your themes function.php. Now it’ll take that date as the post date input.

[php]
function wpufe_set_custom_post_date( $args ) {
if ( isset( $_POST[‘post_date’] ) ) {
$args[‘post_date’] = gmdate( ‘Y-m-d H:i:s’, strtotime( $_POST[‘post_date’] ) );
}

return $args;
}

add_filter( ‘wpuf_add_post_args’, ‘wpufe_set_custom_post_date’ );
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That sounds promising, but it’s not working for me. When submitting the form, the date is displayed as a custom field in the body, and the post date is set to Jan 1, 1970. It’s not picking the date I’ve input on the form.

In the form editor, set the date format to yy-mm-dd. I just tested and it works perfectly.

I hate to keep bugging you, but this could kill my whole project if this doens’t work, but I think we’re close. After changing the date format, I’m able to submit, but the post has today’s date on it, rather than the date from the picker. At least it’s not displaying the 1970 date anymore. Any other thoughts?

I don’t understand whats wrong going in your setup. Can you send login details in a private reply?

I specifically instructed you to give the meta key post_date. The code doesn’t work or won’t work if you give any other meta key. Check now, I guess its working.

Hi.
Is possible to put current date and time if custom field is leave blank by the user?

1.) If no date is entered, it enters January 1st 1970. That’s no good. 🙂

2.) If pending approval, once you view the product, its publish date is set to Immediately, rather than the date the person entered.

It’s a good start, but it needs fixing first. Please advise! Paid purchaser of the pro version here 😉

Ben

Hello Ben,
If you see the above code, you will see that there is no default date is given. So it takes the default time of PHP. You can set the default time to current by placing a check for if empty.
Follow the below code to understand better.

[php]
function wpufe_set_custom_post_date( $args ) {
if ( isset( $_POST[‘post_date’] ) ) {
$args[‘post_date’] = !empty( $_POST[‘post_date’] ) ? gmdate( ‘Y-m-d H:i:s’, strtotime( $_POST[‘post_date’] ) ) : current_time( ‘mysql’ );
}

return $args;
}

add_filter( ‘wpuf_add_post_args’, ‘wpufe_set_custom_post_date’ );
[/php]

I have the form with post_date and I have the code added to my functions.php. The date is transferring between the published on date and the WPUF custom field when I am in the post edit screen in wordpress, but the date will not save when changed in the front end form. I think it is just being overwritten back to the published on date. Am I missing something?? Thanks.