We have an observation field ‘Date for next visit’ which users set as a future date when the observation should be revisited. We have set this up as a field of type Date. On adding a new observation via the project (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/new?project_id=147177), the calendar only shows past dates. The user can only set future dates by selecting a past date and then editing the text.
The same applies when adding an existing observation to this project or selecting “Fill out project observation fields” on an observation that is part of this project.
Feature request details:
We would like the Date field type to be configurable to show future dates on the calendar (and ideally only future dates).
If you have a future visit data set up in that Observation field, have iNat automatically send a reminder message with a link to that observation the day before the future visit to the email set up in your profile.
True, this would be a nice feature for people who would use it a lot, however. It would add a lot more emails to your inbox, which would be something to think about.
Please create a separate feature request for this, so we don’t detract from the original request around allowing future dates to be selected from the calendar control.
The calendar does not currently allow future dates. Please type in a date in the format yyyy-mm-dd, eg 2025-01-19.
It’s not a great user experience to tell them not to use the calendar control that has just popped up.
Maybe the “Allowed Values” field for Date and Datetime types could be used to define the dates that are allowed, eg. “future”, “any”, “past” (the default):
EcoNet’s CAMS synchronises weed observations from iNaturalist into the CAMS GIS Weeds eToolkit. The CAMS Weeds eToolkit symbology alerts people on a GIS map what weed sites need to be revisited to see if the previous weed control visit was effective. It can synch with CAMS CRM to send an alert to the user or a group.