Reply To: How to use ACF datepicker for start date less than end date validation

• Freyadmin

• September 17, 2020 at 4:44 am

I’ve been playing with this issue and found a solution that works for me by compiling a few solutions I found.

add_filter('acf/validate_value/name=date_time_end', 'validate_end_date_func', 10, 4);
function validate_end_date_func($valid, $value, $field, $input) {
	if (!$valid) {
		return $valid;
	}
	$start_key = 'field_5f46d8cef3f0a';
	$end_key = 'field_5f46d8eaf3f0b';
	$start_value = $_POST['acf'][$start_key];
	$start_value = new DateTime($start_value);
	$end_value = $_POST['acf'][$end_key];
	$end_value = new DateTime($end_value);
	
	if ($end_value <= $start_value) {
		$valid = 'The end date must come after the start date for this event.';
	}
	return $valid;
}

Like noted above:

* For the $start_key and $end_key You can get key of ACF field from screen option and then selecting field keys.
* In line 1 where name=date_time_end set date_time_end to your field name.