Custom date format on date field

[Francesc5C18]

Hello:

I am building a form with Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Version 2022.001.20117.

I need to redestribute a fillable form through internet.

I need a date field that must contain (in catalan):

04 de maig de 2022

I have used date custom format like this : dd \de mmmm \de yyyy

"de" must be literal. I use "\" char trying to avoid "d" being conseidered as day.

It doesn't work

Anyone knows how to get it?

Thanks in advance.

Frank

[BarlaeDC]

Hi,

I think you need to double \ the string so it looks like this

dd \\de mmmm \\de yyyy

[Francesc5C18]

Hello:

It doesn't work for me.

[Francesc5C18]

I use dd \de mmmm \de yyyy format. When the control recieves focus the date is being showed like it must be.

18 de mayo de 2022

When the control loses it's focus the value shown changes to:

18 18e mayo 18e 2022

[BarlaeDC]

Hi,

Using the double backslash it works for me, the settings are

type in date such as

And the date is displayed as

[Francesc5C18]

If you type the date directly it works. But if you choose it from pickup calendar it does'nt work. I need users can select date from pickup calendar.

[Nesa Nurani · Accepted solution]

Use workaround with two fields, lets call them 'field1' and 'field2'.
In field1 you will select date and then hide it to show field2 with desired format, when you click on field2 to change date it will be hidden and focus set to field1.
1. In field1 use format 'dd mmmm yyyy',
as 'On Blur' action use this:

if(event.value){
event.target.display = display.hidden;
this.getField("field2").display = display.visible;}

as 'Validation' script use this:

var str = event.value;
var date = str.split(" ");
if(event.value)
this.getField("field2").value = date[0]+" de "+date[1]+" de "+date[2];
else
this.getField("field2").value = "";

2. in field2 as 'On Focus' action use this:

event.target.display = display.hidden;
this.getField("field1").display = display.visible;
this.getField("field1").setFocus();

Now put fields on top of each other so they are in same place.

Here is sample how it should work:

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=16ZUdWggM7hwNW4Cf1Xq0RjEoUEoWAOWn 

[Francesc5C18]

Great solution Nesa.

Thank you for your help.

Thank you @BarlaeDC for your help too.

[Carlos B.27191315xm1o]

Muy buena idea, pero funciona una vez. Si lo guardan y lo copian para alguien más o desean cambiar la fecha, ya no podrán volver a seleccionarla del calendario. Alguna solución para esto???

[Carlos B.27191315xm1o]

Perdón. Error de configuración. Es una excelente opción y funciona a la perfección. Muchas gracias. @Nesa Nurani 

[Yodelayheewho]

This is such an awesome solution! 
Is there a way to add instructional text, i.e., "Enter date here". Once the user enters the date, this instructional text will disappear. I believe this would need to be added to the field2 code???
Thank you in advance!

[Juan Antonio3655620003op]

Hello,

Nesa's answer was very helpful.

I have introduced some imrpovements on her solution that worked better for me. I share them in case they are useful.

1. In field 1, use format 'dd/mm/yyyy'.

  as 'On Blur' action, use:

this.getField("field1").display = display.hidden;
this.getField("field2").display = display.visible;

  as 'Mouse Down' action, use (this shouldn't be necessary, but just to be on the safe side):

var field1 = this.getField("field1");
this.field1.display = display.visible;
this.getField("field2").display = display.hidden;
this.field1.setFocus();

as 'Validation' script, use this:

var field2 = this.getField("field2");
this.field2.value = event.value || "";
this.getField("field1").display = display.hidden;
this.field2.display = display.visible;

2. In field2 use format 'd \\de mmmm \\de yyyy'.

  as 'Mouse Down' action, use:

var field1 = this.getField("field1");
this.field1.display = display.visible;
this.getField("field2").display = display.hidden;
this.field1.setFocus();

It's a bit simpler and reacted better to the events in the tests I did. It also uses as format for the edition the most usual short date format for Catalan.

Hope it helps!

Juan