Is it possible to restrict the Due Date field entry to only take today's and future dates but not past?

[Jaime Ramirez]

I need to setup the Due Date field to accept only Today's and future dates, but not past dates. Can this be done within JIRA Service Desk?

[Kristi]

Hello,

I tried to use validator and it works great when moving ticket to in progress, however it is not validating on create issue (initial step). Any ideas?

Thanks!

Kristi

[tim nixon]

We too have this problem.. our Estimated Completion Date field is editable on the view and people sometimes pick a date in the past. A validator won't help since there is no transition

It seems like we need something like 'edit validators'..

Has anyone come up with an elegant solution?

[tim nixon]

Well it seems like the 2 options are

1. delete the field from the edit screen so it cannot be edited and instead provide a workflow button to edit it which can validate it
2. leave it as-is and let the users know to be careful when changing the ECD.

The solution we will probably use is #2.. None of our users when polled wanted another w/f step just to change a field. The users are also clever enough to have their own filters for upcoming or past completion dates

[Rodrigo Rosa]

Hello Jaime,

You can do this using a validator, so before to create an issue, first it will validate using the options that you set (e.g Users can’t set the _Due Date_ field if it’s before the date from now).
To achieve this, first you will have to install the JIRA Tool Kit Plugin: https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.jira.toolkit] which will have extra validators options

[Jaime Ramirez]

Hello Rodrigo .... I have installed the JIRA Tool Kit Plugin. Where in the system can I setup the validator for my Due Date field?

[Deleted user]

Edit "Create" transition and add new condition "Date Expression Compare".

[Vinicius Araujo]

Is this gonna work when the user edits the issue? I mean, will it do the validation in the Edit screen?