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defaultanohlx8btz69
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April 29, 2024
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Acrobat Interactive PDF with 2 digit years, problem with the year 2000...

  • April 29, 2024
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Hello,

 

I have some enrollment forms that contain a lot of fields for dates. The date fields are set up as 3 separate fields that can be tabbed through. I have no issues with the months and days but when inputting the year 2000 (2 zeroes), the field only populates with 1 zero. Is it possible to get 2 zeroes? 01/01/00. The client requested 2 digit years and the client called this issue out so I need some sort of solution. There are many instances across numerous forms. The file was built in InDesign but all functionality is done in acrobat. Thank you!!!

    Correct answer Nesa Nurani

    Tried that already. Allows all characters then. FRD allows for only numbers. Thank you again


    If you only want to allow a numbers to be typed into the field, select 'Custom' format and as 'Custom keystroke script' enter this:

    event.rc = /^\d*$/.test(event.change);

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    try67
    try67
    Brainiac
    April 30, 2024

    > The client requested 2 digit years 

    Tell them it's a bad idea, then. It's basically reintroducing the Y2K-bug, which was never fully solved.

    Here's an example of it just from this week: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wz7pvvjypo

      JR Boulay
      JR Boulay
      Brainiac
      April 30, 2024

      😉

       

      Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
        Abambo
        Abambo
        Brainiac
        May 1, 2024

        Are you saying that the Romans, living 2000 years before you did, wrote the dates wrong, and that their computers therefore failed?

        ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
        Nesa Nurani
        Nesa Nurani
        Inspiring
        April 30, 2024

        It's not a very smart idea to use 'yy' as the date format for a year, for obvious reasons, but you should still be able to input two zeroes, so first thing to check is how is the field formatted?

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          defaultanohlx8btz69Author
          New Participant
          April 30, 2024

          Thank you Nesa! Appreciate your time and knowledge. I think we will move away from the 2 digit year pending client approval but it couldn't hurt for me to know how it can be done, can you explain? This is how it is formatted...

          Nesa Nurani
          Nesa Nurani
          Inspiring
          April 30, 2024

          Set format to 'None'.

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