Reply To: Date Picker – Prefilled To Today

• mulli

• October 28, 2020 at 4:57 pm

Its Oct, 2020 now…
I wish to have the date set to today ONLY upon creation.
BUT, ACF pro latest (5.9.1) seems to ignore it.
Even when I modify the date – it will DISPLAY today date
And will retain the original in the database (ie. not updating…)
Here is my code:

add_filter('acf/load_field/name=YOUR_FILED_NAME', 'my_acf_default_date');
function my_acf_default_date($field) {
  if (isset($field['default_value']) && $field['default_value'] != "") 
     return $field; // do not change...
  $field['default_value'] = date('Ymd');
  return $field;
}

Any idea how to manage this behavior is highly appreciated. Thanks!