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How do I specify 'Next Monday' as a date format range when creating events from user-submitted forms?

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RobertN2186
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Need help specifying a date format range. When a user submits a form on my site, I want to create an event for the following Monday.  

 

I’ve been trying to use the the date format action but could not figure out if there is a straightforward to way to specify “Next Monday” as a transform.

 

Thank you! 

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I was able to figure this out. I’m reducing the date input to just day of week “dddd”. Then using a lookup table to add the appropriate number of days to the input. 

The process is detailed here: 

 

Thanks to @nicksimard; for providing this solution! 

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    RobertN2186
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    I was able to figure this out. I’m reducing the date input to just day of week “dddd”. Then using a lookup table to add the appropriate number of days to the input. 

    The process is detailed here: 

     

    Thanks to @nicksimard; for providing this solution! 

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    That’s great news @RobertN2186! Glad to know you were able to get it sorted!

    Also, thank you for sharing the solution here. This will be helpful to our other awesome Community members who might run into a similar issue.

    If you have any other questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to the Community. We’re always happy to help! 😊

     

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