NOW button in a form

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Problem:

Is it possible to add a button (or link) to a form, which set the date/time field to the NOW value?

Solution:

There isn't such kind of built-in feature within Toolset Forms plugin, As a workaround, you can setup the default value of date field inputs as timestamp value of now, for example:

https://toolset.com/forums/topic/now-button-in-a-form/#post-2057383

Relevant Documentation:

https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/current_time/

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Last updated by Puntorosso 3 years, 7 months ago.

Assisted by: Luo Yang.

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May 17, 2021 at 12:54 am #2057147

Puntorosso

Is it possible to add a button (or link) to a form, which set the date/time field to the NOW value?

May 17, 2021 at 7:39 am #2057383

Luo Yang

Hello,

There isn't such kind of built-in feature within Toolset Forms plugin, you might consider custom codes, for example:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14890680/jquery-ui-datepicker-go-to-today-button

As a workaround, you can setup the default value of date field inputs as now time value, for example:
1) Create a custom shortcode [now] to get current timestamp, add below custom codes in your theme file "functions.php":

add_shortcode('now', 'now_func');
function now_func($atts, $content = '') {
  return current_time('timestamp');
}

2) Edit your post form, find and edit the custom date field shortcode, setup the attribut "value=[now]", like this:

[cred_field field='test-date-1' force_type='field' class='form-control' output='bootstrap' value='[now]']

May 17, 2021 at 9:22 am #2057701

Puntorosso

Perfect, thanks!