Smart Date Field
- Scott Worthington
- David Jackson (Unlicensed)
- Peder Klockmann (Unlicensed)
The Smart Date field is part of a the Smart Date module. The modules documentation is available on the Drupal website https://www.drupal.org/docs/contributed-modules/smart-date. The screenshot below depicts the default state when creating an event. The date will auto fill with a date a week from now and enter the current time with a default duration of 1 hour.
Instructions
For editing or creating an Event.
All Day Events
For events that last all day.
Select the All day checkbox. The time and duration fields will automatically disappear
For All day events that span multiple days, select the appropriate frequency in the Repeats field, see the Repeating Events section of this article for more information
Select Add another item to add another event instance
To remove an instance click the X icon vertically centered on the right hand side
Duration Events
The configured event duration are set for a half hour, hour, hour and a half and two hours.
Select a Start date and time
Select the Duration
The End time will auto populate with a correct entry when you select or change the Duration. Select Custom in the Duration field to manually enter an event End time.
Select Add another item to add another event instance
To remove an instance click the X icon vertically centered on the right hand side
Repeating Events
To set a specific number of repeats, change the Ends drop down to
Afterand enter the number of occurrences in the times boxExpand the Advanced accordion to select specific days to repeat on
Expand the Restrict to specific hours accordion inside of the Advanced accordion to select hours to include
The example below sets a repeating 1 hour event at 1PM, 3PM, and 5PM every Monday during the Month of June 2022.
Managing Event Instances
Select the Manage Instances button
The button is only available while editing an already created event.
Override
Select Override in the Operations column in the event instance row you’d like to modify
Make desired changes to event instance and hit the Save button
Remove
On the Override button in the Operations column, click the ▼ for the event instance row you’d like to remove
Select Remove Instance
Drupal will ask if you are sure, if you are, click the Remove Instance button or Cancel if you are not