topic Formatting a dateTime in Web Form similar to InputMask in ArcGIS Survey123 Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/formatting-a-datetime-in-web-form-similar-to/m-p/863539#M26411 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a public-facing survey working well using the desktop/mobile app and am modifying it to work on the Web. During the testing phase, one of testers has noted that the manual input of a date into a dateTime question allows the user to input a dates that are physically impossible (e.g. 123/4567/8901); we know a hunter somehow would input a date like this. I have tried some methods for restricting the input to MM/DD/YYYY to match the desktop/mobile app with little success. I have seen where I can use a regular expression to do this. I think the syntax would be regex(.,'^\d{1,2}"/"\d{1,2}"/"\d{4}$'). I also am not sure which column this would be placed. </P><P></P><P>Any help with this is greatly appreciated.</P><P></P><P>Chris Anderson</P><P>Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 26 Sep 2019 14:10:31 GMT Chris_Anderson 2019-09-26T14:10:31Z Formatting a dateTime in Web Form similar to InputMask https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/formatting-a-datetime-in-web-form-similar-to/m-p/863539#M26411 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a public-facing survey working well using the desktop/mobile app and am modifying it to work on the Web. During the testing phase, one of testers has noted that the manual input of a date into a dateTime question allows the user to input a dates that are physically impossible (e.g. 123/4567/8901); we know a hunter somehow would input a date like this. I have tried some methods for restricting the input to MM/DD/YYYY to match the desktop/mobile app with little success. I have seen where I can use a regular expression to do this. I think the syntax would be regex(.,'^\d{1,2}"/"\d{1,2}"/"\d{4}$'). I also am not sure which column this would be placed. </P><P></P><P>Any help with this is greatly appreciated.</P><P></P><P>Chris Anderson</P><P>Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 26 Sep 2019 14:10:31 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/formatting-a-datetime-in-web-form-similar-to/m-p/863539#M26411 Chris_Anderson 2019-09-26T14:10:31Z Re: Formatting a dateTime in Web Form similar to InputMask https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/formatting-a-datetime-in-web-form-similar-to/m-p/863540#M26412 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Chris. Thanks for posting your question. Unfortunately it is not possible to prevent a user (particularly a hunter <IMG src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/emoticons/wink.png" /> ) to enter an incorrect date in the calendar control. However, you may want trying with a constraint. For example, what if you limit the user input through a constraint to a 'reasonable' time range?&nbsp; Say for example anything between today and 1940, or anything between today and 2025, or anything between 1940 and 2025.&nbsp; The syntax to create this type of constraints is described in <A href="https://community.esri.com/groups/survey123/blog/2016/04/17/dates-and-time-in-survey123-for-arcgis">https://community.esri.com/groups/survey123/blog/2016/04/17/dates-and-time-in-survey123-for-arcgis</A>&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>The constraint will not prevent the user to enter an incorrect date, but will prevent the user from submitting the data until the date is within range (no pun intended).</P><P></P><P>By the way, <A href="https://www.wtvy.com/content/news/New-rule-changes-for-the-2019-2020-Florida-hunting-season-559941711.html">congrats for your work</A> with Survey123 at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.&nbsp; Really nice job!</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 26 Sep 2019 15:59:03 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/formatting-a-datetime-in-web-form-similar-to/m-p/863540#M26412 IsmaelChivite 2019-09-26T15:59:03Z