Date placeholder problem when using email form plugin

[usdc-or]

I guess it is just my day for questions.

I have a form where the user selects a date (no time selector). Today, she selected 12/6/2017, and, in the body of the email that's what shows. That's also the value in the database. The placeholder {coa___servdate}, which I am using in email plugin to put this information in the subject line says 12/5/2017. What would make it subtract a day (or several hours)?

Time is correct on server, time zone is correct in Joomla and php.ini.

 

[cheesegrits]

Can you give me the exact settings on that element? If it's easier, screenshot the "Formatting and Time" and "Date Formats" tabs.

-- hugh

 

[usdc-or]

Here you go:

 

[cheesegrits]

Oh, yeah, and what TZ are you? Or rather, is your J!?

-- hugh

 

[cheesegrits]

Aaaaaand ... how are you constructing the message body? Simple text template? Article? PHP?

-- hugh

 

[usdc-or]

Joomla 3.6.2 (trying to upgrade, but keep having these sorts of things pop up) , and the message body is a php file in which everything is fine. The placeholder in question is in the subject line of the email.

 

[cheesegrits]

Can you paste the code from the PHP. I can't immediately see why the dates would have TZ applied differently, but it may depend on how you are getting the data in the PHP.

-- hugh

 

[cheesegrits]

Ah, J! 3.6.2? How recent / old is your Fabrik code? I've made a LOT of changes to the date element code since the 3.6 era.

-- hugh