Date

• Summary
• Common Settings
• General Settings
• Accepted Date Formats
• Merge Tags
• Usage
• Modifiers

Summary

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

Setting	Description
Date Input Type	Date Picker 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 like to use for the date input. 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

Merge Tags

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

Usage

{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 merge 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.