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Auto change date
Is it possible to automatically update a date in a multi-region item without going into the region, changing the date and saving it?
The client is a recruiter and wants to be able to post a job on their site with a posted date that updates itself after a week with that day's date.
I suspect I already know the answer, just asking for a friend :)
It's not possible to update the date in the region, but you don't have to display the date that's stored. You could calculate the date you display dynamically.
Ok, so I could take the date in that region, add seven days to it and output it as a variable using PHP?
Use the date as a 'created date', and then I'd write a template filter to do whatever transformation is required as it's output, based on the current date.
Thanks Drew, I'll look into it.
I would have probably thought Javascript John – unless you run a CRON on the php page to refresh the data every day. But I might be, and normally am, wrong!
Hope all is well btw.
Jon