How to Restrict Users from Selecting Today's Date in the Date Picker Field?

  • BCSF1
    Asked on February 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM

    For date fields, I've been adding a limit for "Disable specific dates" as Today but it keeps getting removed even though the form says it's saving.

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  • Emma JotForm Support
    Replied on February 3, 2025 at 2:36 AM

    Hi BCSF1,

    Thanks for reaching out to Jotform Support. If I understand correctly, you want to prevent your form fillers from selecting the same day they are filling out the form in the Date Picker field. While this can't be achieved using the Disable Specific Dates field (since it requires a specific date format like 2025-02-03), we can easily prevent users from selecting today’s date by using the Start&End Time field. Let me show you how:

    1. In Form Builder, select the Date Picker field on your form and click on the Gear icon that comes up on the right side of the page.

    2. Select the Limits tab at the top of the Date Picker Properties menu that comes up on the right.

    3. Since you've already unchecked the Past option in the Past & Future field, enter today+1 in the Start Date field under Start & End Date.

    How to Restrict Users from Selecting Todays Date in the Date Picker Field? Image 1 Screenshot 30 Now, your form fillers won’t be able to select today’s date in the Date Picker field. 

    How to Restrict Users from Selecting Todays Date in the Date Picker Field? Image 2 Screenshot 41

    Give it a try and let us know if you have any other question.

  • BCSF1
    Replied on February 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM

    Hi there,

    Thank you for your response - it resolved this issue.