Low Events won't validate really old dates, like 1866
I'm getting validation errors when using dates in the far past. I am building a timeline that includes dates as far back as 1866. When I enter those dates, I cannot submit my entry due to the validation errors "Start date is invalid" and "End date is invalid". Is this just a limitation of the add-on? Or is there some way to get around this?
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Gary Reckard 8 Feb 2016 23:43
P.S. I'm on Low Events 1.5.1 and EE 2.10.3
Low 9 Feb 2016 07:57
Right now, it's a limitation, but I can remove that (although you're the first I've encountered that has the need for really old events).
Open up ft.low_events.php and look up line #568, which reads
return preg_match('/^(19|20)\d\d-(0[1-9]|1[012])-(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])$/', $str);Change that to
return preg_match('/^(18|19|20)\d\d-(0[1-9]|1[012])-(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])$/', $str);Gary Reckard 9 Feb 2016 18:29
Thanks, Low! That fixed it!