Is there a way to prevent people from filling out your Work form from selecting a date in the past?
This doesn’t happen too often but we do have team members accidentally submitting requests in the past, and it would just save a lot of back and forth time if there was a setting that prevented this.
Not in the form itself. You could do some workarounds once it’s submitted ie using AI to verify if date is before today and then triggering an email or notification to someone to review?
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Short answer: not natively in WorkForms (yet).
There isn’t currently a setting to restrict a date column to “no past dates” at the form level, so users can still select anything on the calendar.
Workarounds
Option 1: Post-submission validation
Let the form submit, then use an automation:
“When Date is before today → notify person / update status / flag item”
You can:
Set a Status like “Invalid Date”
Notify the submitter to correct it
Or auto-adjust if your process allows
Option 2: Required confirmation field
Add a checkbox or status like:
“I confirm this date is not in the past”
Not foolproof, but reduces accidental mistakes.
Option 3: Form instructions
Add a note at the top of the form:
“Please select a future date. Past dates will be rejected.”