Using Date & Time Picker To Set Post Date for Custom Post Type

• gunarcom

• March 18, 2019 at 6:46 pm

I am trying to get ACF to set the Publish Date for a custom post type that runs a simple event calendar. I found this code but I am not sure if it works for custom post types or for every post type:

// Save ACF custom field to date-time post
function my_acf_save_post( $post_id ) {
    $acfDate = get_field('initial_time_var', $post_id);
    //Test if you receive the data field correctly:
    //echo $acfDate;
    //exit (-1);
    $my_post = array();
    $my_post['ID'] = $post_id;
    $my_post['post_date'] = $acfDate;
    wp_update_post( $my_post );
}
add_action('acf/save_post', 'my_acf_save_post', 20);

any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

• gunarcom

• March 19, 2019 at 7:42 pm

This worked like a charm. Feel free to delete this thread if you want.