Date formats

[Jemma]

I would like the date to be stored as format ‘yyyy-mm-dd’ but I’d like the user filling in the form to see the Default format ‘August 8, 2022’.

Is this possible?

[Mark Westguard]

Hi Jemma

Dates are stored in the same format that they are entered.

Many thanks

Mark

[Jemma]

Thanks for the quick reply!

[Howard Jacobson]

There is a fairly easy way to do this. Create a visible date field with the format you want the user to see. Create a hidden field with the format you want to use for storing the date. Use one of the _custom WSForm variables to convert the format of the visible field to the format of the hidden field. Put the variable in the default value box of the hidden field. Works for me to store all dates in Epoch format.

[Jemma]

Thanks for the suggestion Howard, I’ll give it a go!

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