Constraints on the Obs Dates within HTML Form Entry

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I am wondering how to setup additional constraints on the obs dates:

  1. Future dates after the current encounter date for example a return visit date which has to be after the date of the current encounter. The allowFutureDates=“true” means that a user can select both past and future dates, but there is no option of only selecting future dates.

  2. Ensuring that the obs date is before the current encounter date.

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Hi @ssmusoke,

I don’t know that there is currently a tag for doing what you need with the dates in HTML Form Entry. I would vote for a tag like that, because I’ve ran into that use case before. Ask @mogoodrich.

I recommend that JavaScript might be your friend for this if you can’t wait for a new tag. You can use the…

getValue(‘encounterDate.value’)

and

getValue(‘return_visit_date.value’)

…to evaluate the dates that are entered. You can then do a popup, or error when the form is submitted, depending on what you like. See the complete reference for these functions at… https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/docs/HTML+Form+Entry+JavaScript+Reference

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Thanks @arbaughj I am leveraging the Javascript in the mean time