https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/date-field-and-timestamp-format Gravity Support Forums Topic: Date field and timestamp format en-US Thu, 16 Apr 2026 02:38:54 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/date-field-and-timestamp-format#post-91469 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 10:24:38 +0000 David Peralty 91469@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>No problem, glad you got it sorted. I love shoving data into hidden fields. :) </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/date-field-and-timestamp-format#post-91435 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 08:29:53 +0000 Cedric Neveu 91435@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Yeehaa, it was easy as f*** using hidden fields! Thanks for your help David! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/date-field-and-timestamp-format#post-90702 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:54:26 +0000 Cedric Neveu 90702@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Damned, you're fast! I was editing my post when you replied. </p> <p>Thanks for your help. I will let you know as soon as I will be victorious! :) </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/date-field-and-timestamp-format#post-90699 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:50:10 +0000 David Peralty 90699@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>You'll want to put the value into another field. You can't send the timestamp through the date field. You'll want to have a hidden text field to carry the timestamp into the database. You are close though. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/date-field-and-timestamp-format#post-90693 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:47:06 +0000 Cedric Neveu 90693@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Weird or not. GF must bypass the value if it is not a date format like 2012/11/13, right?</p> <p>I will try to achieve my goals using a hidden field. And I will let you know. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/date-field-and-timestamp-format#post-90684 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:32:42 +0000 Cedric Neveu 90684@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Ok,</p> <p>I tried something but it doesn't work.</p> <pre><code>add_filter(&quot;gform_pre_submission_1&quot;, &quot;convert_to_timestamp&quot;); function convert_to_timestamp($form){ $_POST[&#39;input_2&#39;] = strtotime( $_POST[&#39;input_2&#39;] ); }</code></pre> <p>The value is not returned and nothing is written to the database. But when I try with the following code :</p> <pre><code>add_filter(&quot;gform_pre_submission_1&quot;, &quot;convert_to_timestamp&quot;); function convert_to_timestamp($form){ $_POST[&#39;input_2&#39;] = &#39;2012/11/15&#39;; }</code></pre> <p>The value '2012/11/15' is written to the database. Weird. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/date-field-and-timestamp-format#post-90616 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 06:21:57 +0000 Cedric Neveu 90616@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Using a hidden text field is a great idea (why didn't I think of that?) !</p> <p>But I will need help for the hook in order to grab the data ! </p> <p>I assume that I have to use hooks like gform_pre_submission or gform_pre_submission_filter ? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/date-field-and-timestamp-format#post-90227 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:42:03 +0000 David Peralty 90227@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>No, but you could have a hidden text field, and using some PHP, you could fill in that field after submit by converting the date into a timestamp. Let me know if you want to work towards figuring this out. I can point you at a hook that might help you (grab the data). </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/date-field-and-timestamp-format#post-90218 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:28:13 +0000 Cedric Neveu 90218@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi,<br /> Is there a way to convert the date field value to the timestamp format when submitting the form?</p> <p>Thanks for your help!</p> <p>Cedric </p>