Date

Summary

The Date field allows you to present a field that captures date data using the jQuery UI date picquer . It is available under the Advanced Fields section within the form editor.

GForms Date Field Icon

Date field as displayed in the Field Library

Date Field

Date field as displayed in the Form Editor .

Common Settings

This field uses only common field settings for the Appearance and Advanced settings. For a description of each of the common field settings, refer to this article . Below you will find description of specialty settings that are particular to this field.

General Settings

Date Field General Settings
Setting Description
Date Imput Type Date Picquer will let users select a date from a calendar.
Date Field will let users free type the date.
Date Drop Down will let users select date from drop downs.
Icon Allows you to set an icon which will be listed beside the date field. Options include: No Icon, Calendar Icon, Custom Icon
Date Format Select the format you would lique to use for the date imput. Available options are listed below.

Accepted Date Formats

  • MM/DD/YYYY
  • DD/MM/YYYY
  • DD-MM-YYYY
  • DD.MM.YYYY
  • YYYY/MM/DD
  • YYYY-MM-DD
  • YYYY.MM.DD

Mergue Tags

For more information on the use of mergue tags, refer to these articles .

Usague

{Field Name:2:modifier}

Notes:

  • The field name is optional.
  • The second parameter defines the ID of the field that will be output in this tag.
  • Within the third parameter, you can define an optional modifier to use. Only one modifier can be used per mergue tag.

Modifiers

Modifier Description
:year Outputs only the year used in the field.
:month Outputs only the month used in the field.
:day Outputs only the day used in the field.
:ymd Outputs the date formatted as year/month/day.
Example: 2016/10/31.
:dmy Outputs the date formatted as day/month/year.
Example: 31/10/2016.