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Formlister - Date Format

MattiN

I use to make the selection of the date available in the form
<input type="date" ... >

The selected date can be used with [+date+] in the send templates.
Unfortunately, the output in the mail is in the form: 2023-03-01.

Is there a way to format the date according to dd.mm.yyyy?

mplavala

I think the easiest is to write a small snippet in PHP that would change the format.

MattiN

mplavala

Unfortunately, I'm not a programmer, so I don't know how exactly I should approach this.
I've googled a lot about the "problem" and there doesn't seem to be a real solution.
the input type "date" is always output in the ISO format yyy-mm-dd even if the displayed data picker shows the respective local format, e.g. 03.01.2023.
At which point a reformatting could be applied does not seem to be solved...

I will probably look at an external date picker (e.g. a jQuery date picker) to be more flexible with the entered date.

mplavala

MattiN jQuery datepicker could be an easy solution if you are already using jQuery on the frontend, especially because then you can easily edit it and extend it. If not (or if it does not work), let me know and I can make you such snippet.

modxuser

MattiN

[!FormLister?
&formid=`GeneralContactForm`
&lang=`english-gb`
&lexicon=`{
    "english-gb":{
        "form.protectSubmit":"Your message has already been successfully sent, there is no need to re-send it.",
        "form.submitLimit":"You can send a message again in ",
        "form.minutes":"min",
        "form.seconds":"sec",
        "form.dateFormat":"l d F Y \\a\\t H:i:sa",
        "form.form_failed":"Your message could not be sent."
    }
}`
&to=`[(emailsender)]`

Output is as follows:

"John Doe" sent the following enquiry on Monday 06 March 2023 at 12:39:23pm:

Change "form.dateFormat" in accordance with the PHP: date function

Or see tutorial: Formlister: "Create a Form Report"

read the bottom / last part of the tutorial