https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/convert-date-entry-on-submission Gravity Support Forums Topic: Convert date entry on submission en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:18:32 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/convert-date-entry-on-submission#post-37718 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:51:12 +0000 norcross 37718@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Found a workaround that'll do what I want. I made two admin-only fields (as text field) and did the time conversion and had those post to the custom fields instead of the "real" date picker.</p> <p>The code if anyone wants it<br /> <pre><code>// date corrections function ctny_datesubmit_fix ($form){ //event start date field id is 3 //event end date field ID is 4 $raw_srt = $_POST[&#39;input_3&#39;]; $raw_end = $_POST[&#39;input_4&#39;]; // convert my dates $fix_srt = strtotime($raw_srt); $fix_end = strtotime($raw_end); $_POST[&#39;input_35&#39;] = $fix_srt; $_POST[&#39;input_36&#39;] = $fix_end; } add_action(&#39;gform_pre_submission_1&#39;, &#39;ctny_datesubmit_fix&#39;);</code></pre> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/convert-date-entry-on-submission#post-37716 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:37:21 +0000 norcross 37716@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>OK. It works, but it won't post the UNIX time into the field on submission. As a test, I had the same input field (start date) post into a separate text field, and the converted time submits. Is there something with the date field that prevents anything other than a specifically formatted time to work? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/convert-date-entry-on-submission#post-37711 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:05:42 +0000 David Smith 37711@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Looks good. Just drop the form ID from the $_POST keys.</p> <p>Example: <code>input_1_3</code> becomes <code>input_3</code> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/convert-date-entry-on-submission#post-37710 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:53:06 +0000 norcross 37710@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>OK, I think I'm almost there, but I'm not sure it's firing correctly. Here are the variables:<br /> Form ID: 1<br /> Start Date: field 3<br /> End Date: field 4</p> <p>and code:<br /> <pre><code>function ctny_datesubmit_fix ($form){ //event start date field id is 3 //event end date field ID is 4 $raw_srt = $_POST[&#39;input_1_3&#39;]; $raw_end = $_POST[&#39;input_1_4&#39;]; // convert my dates $fix_srt = date(&#39;u&#39;, strtotime($raw_srt)); $fix_end = date(&#39;u&#39;, strtotime($raw_end)); $_POST[&#39;input_1_3&#39;] = $fix_srt; $_POST[&#39;input_1_4&#39;] = $fix_end; } add_action(&#39;gform_pre_submission_1&#39;, &#39;ctny_datesubmit_fix&#39;);</code></pre> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/convert-date-entry-on-submission#post-37629 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:00:31 +0000 David Smith 37629@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi Andrew,</p> <p>Sounds like you're on the right track. Using the <a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_pre_submission" rel="nofollow">gform_pre_submission</a> filter you can update the submitted the values in the $_POST.</p> <pre><code>[php] $_POST[2] = date(&#39;u&#39;, strtotime($_POST[2]));</code></pre> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/convert-date-entry-on-submission#post-37493 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:55:17 +0000 norcross 37493@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I've got a form that takes a start and end date for events. I know I can convert the output on the theme into strtime, but I have a lot of functions and logic that is based on it being in a timestamp and making it convert on entry would make life easier. I'm pretty sure I can do it on the pre_submission filter, but I'm struggling with the logic. </p>