https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/date-for-custom-field-shows-as-01011970 Gravity Support Forums Topic: Date for Custom Field - shows as 01/01/1970 en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 07:59:01 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/date-for-custom-field-shows-as-01011970#post-72736 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:13:05 +0000 Chris Hajer 72736@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Can you post a link to what you have done already? I added a date picker to my form, selected a date format, then used that field's merge tag in my content template for the post body, and the date is displayed in the post in exactly the format I selected when I added the date picker to the form.</p> <p>Example form: <a href="http://gravity.chrishajer.com/try-out-different-date-formats/" rel="nofollow">http://gravity.chrishajer.com/try-out-different-date-formats/</a> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/date-for-custom-field-shows-as-01011970#post-72729 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 08:10:33 +0000 Joe 72729@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>It looks like I can only do this if the custom field is a text field, if I select date for the custom field within WordPress, it doesn't work.</p> <p>I have exactly the same problem with a drop-down selection. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/date-for-custom-field-shows-as-01011970#post-72725 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 07:05:59 +0000 Joe 72725@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I've created a custom field and have added this to my form, but the date always shows up as 01/01/1970, no matter what I put in there.</p> <p>I have various custom fields which hold dates, and this is happening on all of them.</p> <p>I have not done any extra fancy code, just added the custom field ID to the form. </p>