[Resolved] How to automatically set a date field to the current date/time

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[stephaneB-5]

it's written "le site rencontre des probleme"
but no php error

[stephaneB-5]

add_action('cred_save_data', 'tssupp_form_submit', 10, 2);
function tssupp_form_submit($post_id, $form_data)
{
// Edit
$start_form_id = 83; // ID of form with start time
$end_form_id = 130; // ID of form with end time
$start = 'date-d-entree'; // slug of start field
$end = 'date-de-sortie'; // slug of end field

// Types date field expects date to be stored as "local" timestamp
$site_timezone = get_option('Europe/Paris');
$timezone_offset_in_seconds = timezone_offset_get(timezone_open($site_timezone), new DateTime());
$now = time() + $timezone_offset_in_seconds;

if ($form_data['id'] == $start_form_id) {
update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-' . $start, $now);
} elseif ($form_data['id'] == $end_form_id) {
update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-' . $end, $now);
}
}

[Waqar]

Hi Stephane,

Thanks for writing back and for sharing the code.

Nigel is on vacation and will be back tomorrow and I'll be following up, while he is away.

I noticed that you've replaced line# 15 from Nigel's code snippet from:
( ref: https://toolset.com/forums/topic/automatic-filling-date-fields/page/2/#post-1252795 )

$site_timezone = get_option('timezone_string');

To:

$site_timezone = get_option('Europe/Paris');

This isn't correct and you can revert that line back to how Nigel shared it.

What he meant was that you should go to your website's WP Admin -> Settings -> General and make sure that "Paris" is selected in the "Timezone" option.

Note: In case the website still shows "le site rencontre des problemetitle" error, after reverting to the Nigel's original code, please enable WordPress debugging on ( ref: https://wordpress.org/support/article/debugging-in-wordpress/ ) and let us know if there any errors/warnings shown on the screen or in server's error log.

regards,
Waqar

[stephaneB-5]

thkx Waqar,
it works:-) but when I sort elements by date It's not working.
I don't understand why it's doesn't work.
Can you help me ?

New threads created by Nigel and linked to this one are listed below:

https://toolset.com/forums/topic/ordering-with-date-fields/

[stephaneB-5]

I test every option but it doesn't work 🙁

[Nigel]

Hi Stephane

Waqar is off and I've taken back this ticket.

It looks like the original issue is resolved, and as this thread has become very long I've split the follow-up question into a new thread and I'll answer there.

To make the forums searchable by other users with related issues we try to limit the threads to a single issue.

[stephaneB-5]

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!