datetime expects the date to be formatted in American format if using slashes (m/d/y)

[sean-dunwoody]

When using the datetime field type, if slashes are used in the datetime then PHP assumes this to be in American date format (m/d/y) - https://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.formats.php

This could be confusing for anyone not from the United States, and there is no ability to change the format that the frontend uses for the datetime.

It's possible to fix this if you can change the format of the date that is sent to the frontend, so maybe this isn't a bug? But it would be nice to be able to modify the format that the frontend expects, maybe in the yaml file:

example_field_date:
  type: datetime
  format: 'd/m/y H:i:s'

This would give added flexibility and make it clear to the user what format they should send the date as. Infact, it might be best to make format a required config for type: datetime to avoid confusion.

[simonrjones]

When you create a datetime field in ACF the default format in ACF FewBricks is:

• Date time: 'return_format' => 'd/m/Y g:i a'
• Date: 'return_format' => 'd/m/Y'

PHP docs:

• Date values separated by slash are assumed to be in American order: m/d/y
  https://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.formats.php

The issue appears to be when it loads into the Frontend it converts this into DateTime and assumes it's US format m/d/Y