Date Help !!

[SandeepKSingh]

How can you configure a form field so that, no matter what a user tries—whether picking yesterday, tomorrow, or even a year back—the only value the system stubbornly accepts is today’s date, straight from the system clock?

[Dr Atul G- LNG · Accepted solution]

Hi @SandeepKSingh 

You can use a UI Policy to ensure that the entered date is today or a future date.
Set the condition accordingly and apply it on the same field.

If you want to add validation on the backend as well, you can include an error message using a UI Policy script.
Try it out — this approach should work for your use case.

[Ravi Gaurav · Accepted solution]

Hi @SandeepKSingh 

As suggested by @Dr Atul G- LNG  we can go with UI POLICY....
or you can write the below code:-

var gdt = new GlideDateTime();

var todayStr = gdt.getLocalDate().toString();

if (current.date_of_entry.toString() !== todayStr)

{

current.date_of_entry = todayStr;

gs.addErrorMessage('The date of entry must be the current date.'); current.setAbortAction(true);

}

[GlideFather · Accepted solution]

Hi @SandeepKSingh,

Wouldn't it be easier from a UX perspective to just make the field read-only and default it to today’s date?

If users can only select today and nothing else, giving them the option to edit the field feels a bit pointless.

Why let them change it if there's no real choice?

Create a variable and default value can be "javascript: new GlideDateTime();" and just make it read only..

[Bhuvan · Accepted solution]

@SandeepKSingh 

Below is for reference,

Sample dictionary entry,

If this helped to answer your query, please mark it helpful & accept the solution.

Thanks,

Bhuvan

[Dr Atul G- LNG · Accepted solution]

Hi @SandeepKSingh 

You can use a UI Policy to ensure that the entered date is today or a future date.
Set the condition accordingly and apply it on the same field.

If you want to add validation on the backend as well, you can include an error message using a UI Policy script.
Try it out — this approach should work for your use case.

[Ravi Gaurav · Accepted solution]

Hi @SandeepKSingh 

As suggested by @Dr Atul G- LNG  we can go with UI POLICY....
or you can write the below code:-

var gdt = new GlideDateTime();

var todayStr = gdt.getLocalDate().toString();

if (current.date_of_entry.toString() !== todayStr)

{

current.date_of_entry = todayStr;

gs.addErrorMessage('The date of entry must be the current date.'); current.setAbortAction(true);

}

[M Iftikhar]

Hi @SandeepKSingh ,

Based on your requirement (“no matter what a user tries, the only value should be today’s date”), another simple approach is to just make the field read-only and auto-populate it with today’s system date on form load.

• Use a UI Policy or an onLoad Client Script to set the field value to new GlideDateTime().getLocalDate().toString().

• Mark the field read-only so users can’t modify it.

This way, you don’t need extra validation or error handling.

Thanks & Regards,
Muhammad Iftikhar
If my response helped, please mark it as the accepted solution so others can benefit as well.

[GlideFather · Accepted solution]

Hi @SandeepKSingh,

Wouldn't it be easier from a UX perspective to just make the field read-only and default it to today’s date?

If users can only select today and nothing else, giving them the option to edit the field feels a bit pointless.

Why let them change it if there's no real choice?

Create a variable and default value can be "javascript: new GlideDateTime();" and just make it read only..