In this tutorial we will learn how to set contact form 7’s date field restriction to today+7 days plus restrict to pick backward dates and set current value to Today’s date.

As we know contact form Date Field syntax is like given below

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

Now set minimum date

[date* preffered_date min:today ]

Now set date salection to upcoming 7days

[date* preffered_date min:today max:today+7days ]

Now going to add id and set the value using javascript

[date* preffered_date min:today max:today+7days id:datePicker]

<label>Name*
    [text* full_name] </label>

<label>Grade*
    [text* grade] </label>

<label>Subject*
    [text* subject] </label>

<label>Preferred date*
    [date* preffered_date min:today max:today+7days id:datePicker]
 </label>

<label>Timezone/Location*
    [text* timezone_location] </label>

<label>Email*
    [email* your-email autocomplete:email] </label>

<label>Phone (WhatsApp/Telegram)
[number phone]</label>
<label>Message*
    [textarea* message minlength:10 maxlength:600 ] </label>

<label>Attach file (Max. Size 10MB, allowed doc,docx,pdf,xlsx)
[file attachments limit:10mb filetypes:doc|docx|pdf|xlsx|PDF]
</label>

[submit "Submit"]

<script>
jQuery(function ($) {
   var now = new Date(); 
   var day = ("0" + now.getDate()).slice(-2);
   var month = ("0" + (now.getMonth() + 1)).slice(-2);
   var today = now.getFullYear()+"-"+(month)+"-"+(day);
  $('#datePicker').val(today);
$("#datePicker").attr("min", today);
});
</script>