MachForm Community Forums Topic: Date field coming back 12/31/1969

MachForm Community Forums Topic: Date field coming back 12/31/1969 https://www.machform.com/forums/ MachForm Community Forums Topic: Date field coming back 12/31/1969 en Mon, 04 May 2026 01:26:39 +0000 yuniar on "[closed] Date field coming back 12/31/1969" https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/date-field-coming-back-12311969#post-314 Sun, 18 Nov 2007 00:33:17 +0000 yuniar 314@https://www.machform.com/forums/ Ok, I found out that there is a bug for some system with PHP version < 5. The date was limited to 12/31/1969 and can't be any older. To fix this, we need to modify 2 files (includes/helper-functions.php and manage_entries.php) includes/helper-functions.php ----------------------------- on line 326, search for this code: <code>$email_data[$i]['value'] = ' - '.date("m/d/Y",strtotime($value));</code> <code></code> replace it with: <pre><code>$exploded_value = array(); $exploded_value = explode("-",$value); $email_data[$i]['value'] = ' - '."{$exploded_value[1]}/{$exploded_value[2]}/{$exploded_value[0]}";</code></pre> <code></code> on line 332, search this code: <code>$email_data[$i]['value'] = ' - '.date("d/m/Y",strtotime($value));</code> <code></code> replace it with: <pre><code>$exploded_value = array(); $exploded_value = explode("-",$value); $email_data[$i]['value'] = ' - '."{$exploded_value[2]}/{$exploded_value[1]}/{$exploded_value[0]}";</code></pre> <code></code> manage_entries.php ------------------ on line 251 and line 260, search for this code: <code>$form_data[$i][$j] = date("Y/m/d",strtotime($row[$column_name]));</code> <code></code> replace it with: <pre><code>$exploded_value = array(); $exploded_value = explode("-",$row[$column_name]); $form_data[$i][$j] = "{$exploded_value[0]}/{$exploded_value[1]}/{$exploded_value[2]}";</code></pre> <code></code> I hope I'm being clear for you. Let me know if you have any difficulty. Al on "[closed] Date field coming back 12/31/1969" https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/date-field-coming-back-12311969#post-313 Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:02:32 +0000 Al 313@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <a href="http://prayercardstore.com/machform/view.php?id=1" rel="nofollow">http://prayercardstore.com/machform/view.php?id=1</a> The fields for 1. Date of Birth 2. Date of Death 3. Date of Service 4. Deliver ON or Before... I had to change them to "single line text" momentarily because it is live and being used by customers. I'll change it back for now so you can take a look. yuniar on "[closed] Date field coming back 12/31/1969" https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/date-field-coming-back-12311969#post-310 Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:05:32 +0000 yuniar 310@https://www.machform.com/forums/ Hi Al, Can you tell me which form? and which field? Thanks Al on "[closed] Date field coming back 12/31/1969" https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/date-field-coming-back-12311969#post-309 Sat, 17 Nov 2007 03:46:16 +0000 Al 309@https://www.machform.com/forums/ My orders keep coming back with the date field 12/31/1969. Any idea how to fix it?