<p>Setting <code>enabled = 1</code> will not alter your postDate.</p>

<p>If you were to set a postDate in the future, the entry would simply not show up (by default).
However, if you'd want enabled entries with a future postDate to show up in your template results, use:</p>

<pre><code>{% set futureEntries = craft.entries.status('pending') %}
</code></pre>

<p>If you do not use the <code>status</code> criterium, it will default to <code>live</code>, which is all enabled entries with a postDate in the past. So, it all depends on how you display the entries, not so much on how you save them.</p>

<p>Also, see <a href="http://buildwithcraft.com/docs/templating/craft.entries#status" rel="nofollow">this Craft docs information on status</a>.</p>

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<p>I have a front end form where I set have</p>

<pre><code>&lt;input type="hidden" name="enabled" value="1"&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>I also need to set the postDate to a date in the future. Does setting enabled = 1 reset the postDate in all cases? Or should I just forego the enabled form field altogether in favor of Setting postDate?</p>

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Does setting Enabled = 1 override postDate in front end forms?
# Does setting Enabled = 1 override postDate in front end forms?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-11-20)

I have a front end form where I set have


I also need to set the postDate to a date in the future. Does setting enabled = 1 reset the postDate in all cases? Or should I just forego the enabled form field altogether in favor of Setting postDate?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-11-20. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Setting enabled = 1 will not alter your postDate.
If you were to set a postDate in the future, the entry would simply not show up (by default).
However, if you'd want enabled entries with a future postDate to show up in your template results, use:
{% set futureEntries = craft.entries.status('pending') %}

If you do not use the status criterium, it will default to live, which is all enabled entries with a postDate in the past. So, it all depends on how you display the entries, not so much on how you save them.
Also, see this Craft docs information on status.


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