Trying to do this also… but it sticks to the value calculated in CODE#1 which means that next time it recalculates to the start date (1970).
the code I try
TEMPLATE CONTENT #0
[ev_date]
type = text
date = true
startDate = '1970/01/01'
dateFormat = yyyy/mm/dd
code = 0
editCode = 1
CODE #0
$value = get_post_meta( $_REQUEST['post'], $title, true);
if($value) {$enforced_value = date('Y/m/d', $value);}
CODE #0 (also tried)
$value = get_post_meta( $_REQUEST['post'], $title, true);
if ($value) $enforced_value = date('Y/m/d', $value);
CODE #1
$a = explode("/",$value);
$value = date('l, j F Y', mktime(0, 0, 0, $a[1], $a[2], $a[0]));