Title: Date Picker not functioning properly
Last modified: March 12, 2020

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# Date Picker not functioning properly

 *  Resolved [jbrandsma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbrandsma/)
 * (@jbrandsma)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-picker-not-functioning-properly/)
 * I’m not sure if this is default functionality, but when creating an event and
   picking the dates, it saves the dates fine initially (I can see it on the front
   end) but when the page refreshes after clicking update, the dates disappear. 
   So if I make a change to the description, location, anything, and click update
   again, I get the error ‘Dates must have correct formatting. Please use the date
   picker provided.’ So I have to reenter the dates again, then click update (to
   which they disappear upon load). Is this normal? If making changes to an event,
   do you always have to reenter the dates? This is kind of a hassle because if 
   I don’t put in the dates after changing the description, the changes don’t get
   saved because the dates are empty – so I have to rewrite the description, then
   find the event dates on my own calendar, reenter the dates, then click save.
 * I’ve disabled all plugins, made sure I’m running the current version of WP, plugin,
   and theme. I reactivated the plugins and switched to default theme, then deactivated
   all plugins on this theme – nothing works. I’m also using the Divi theme so that
   may be an issue, not sure. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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 *  [timrv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timrv/)
 * (@timrv)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-picker-not-functioning-properly/#post-12537724)
 * Does this happen when the setting are as follows?
 * 1. Only EM plugin is Installed and no others are activated
    2. Use any twenty
   series theme. 3. Can you also perhaps try and reset your Settings Page? Events
   > Settings > Admin Tools > Uninstall/Reset > CLICK RESET
 * Does this happen on both backend and frontend?
 *  Thread Starter [jbrandsma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbrandsma/)
 * (@jbrandsma)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-picker-not-functioning-properly/#post-12537859)
 * #3 worked! It may have been how I edited the date picker format a little while
   back. The jQuery formatDate reference link is broken on the settings page so 
   I guessed. Thanks for your help!

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 * Last activity: [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-picker-not-functioning-properly/#post-12537859)
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