Smart Date Field

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 After and enter the number of occurrences in the times box
Expand 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