This thread is resolved. Here is a description of the problem and solution.
Problem: I would like to include a post date filter in a parametric search View.
Solution: At this time we do not provide a built-in front-end search control for post date. Our developers have accepted a feature request to add this type of filter, but I do not yet have a release date available for that improvement. In the meantime, you have the ability to provide front-end search controls for dates in custom fields, so you could use the save_post API to copy the publish date into a custom field as a timestamp, then insert the custom date field as a filter in your custom search View controls.
Add this custom code to your child theme's functions.php file:
function copy_custom_date_field ( $post_id ) {
// only copy over the publish date on original posts
$status = get_post_status( $post_id );
$pubdate = get_post_meta( $post_id, 'wpcf-issue-date', true);
if ( $status != 'publish' || $pubdate )
return;
$pubdate = get_the_date( 'U', $post_id );
update_post_meta( $post_id, 'wpcf-issue-date', $pubdate, '' );
}
add_action( 'save_post', 'copy_custom_date_field', 1000 );
Replace "wpcf-issue-date" in both places with the slug of your custom field, using the wpcf- prefix. So if your custom field slug is "custom-post-date" then you should use "wpcf-custom-post-date".
Relevant Documentation:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/date-filters/
https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/save_post
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