Reply To: How do the date of publication by a front-end form?

• buylov

• January 18, 2016 at 5:38 pm

Strangely enough, but the code does not work either. After the publication sets the current date and time. I use:

function my_acf_save_post( $post_id ) {
    
    // get new value
$theDate = get_field('post-date', $post_id, false);
$theDate = $theDate . "|" . get_field('dummy_hour', $post_id, false);
$theDate = $theDate . ":" . get_field('dummy_minute', $post_id, false);
if($theDate){
    $theDate = date_create_from_format('Ymd|H:i', $theDate);}

    $my_post = array(
      'ID'           => $post_id,
      'post_date'   => $theDate,
    );
    // do something
    
    // unhook this function so it doesn't loop infinitely
    remove_action('acf/save_post', 'my_acf_save_post');
 
    // update the post, which calls save_post again
    wp_update_post( $my_post );
 
    // re-hook this function
    add_action('acf/save_post', 'my_acf_save_post');
    
}
 
// run after ACF saves the $_POST['acf'] data
add_action('acf/save_post', 'my_acf_save_post', 20);

At the same time, this code works: the date varies.

function my_acf_save_post( $post_id ) {
    
    if(!is_admin()){
    
        // get new value
        $theDate = get_field('post-date', $post_id, false);
        if($theDate){
            $theDate = date_create_from_format('Ymd', $theDate);
            $theDate = date_format($theDate, 'Y-m-d H:i:s');
            
            $my_post = array(
              'ID'           => $post_id,
              'post_date'   => $theDate,
            );
            // do something
            
            // unhook this function so it doesn't loop infinitely
            remove_action('acf/save_post', 'my_acf_save_post');

            // update the post, which calls save_post again
            wp_update_post( $my_post );

            // re-hook this function
            add_action('acf/save_post', 'my_acf_save_post');
        }
    }
    
}

// run after ACF saves the $_POST['acf'] data
add_action('acf/save_post', 'my_acf_save_post', 20);