before_update code

[grimblefritz]

I've looked through the forums, faqs, etc, and I thought I had this right. I guess not.

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  function job_before_update(&$data, $memberInfo, &$args){
    $data['next_date'] = calc_next_date($data['service_date']);
    return TRUE;
  }

  function calc_next_date($service_date){
    return '1/1/2001';
  }

There are indeed fields in the job table named service_date and next_date.

When I edit a record, instead of getting 1/1/2001 in next_date, it remains blank.

What am I missing?

Once I see this basic hook work, I will be coding a proper calc_next_date(), of course.

Thanks!

[grimblefritz]

I got this sorted. It seems the date must be in Y-m-d (2001-01-01) format.