Date field

A Date field opens the browser’s date picker. Earliest and Latest limit the days visitors can pick, which suits bookings.

<label>Preferred date *
  [[booking_date]]
</label>

Settings

Setting	What it does
Default value	The date already picked when the page opens. Empty by default.
Fill from	Where the starting value comes from. See Fields.
Earliest	The first date visitors can pick. Today keeps them from picking a past date.
Latest	The last date visitors can pick, such as 30 days from today.
Required	Visitors must pick a date to send the form.

Each of the three dates can be:

• Today, which moves with each day
• Days from today, such as 7 for a week ahead; a minus is before today
• A set date, picked from a calendar
• empty (Empty for the default value, No limit for Earliest and Latest)

The sidebar shows what Today or Days from today comes to on the current day.

In the mail

[booking_date] prints the date as YYYY-MM-DD, such as 2026-11-10.

Messages

Message	Default text
Date isn’t valid	Please enter a valid date.
Date too early	This date is too early.
Date too late	This date is too late.

Change it for one form in its Messages tab, or for every form in Settings → Messages.