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Hello I was wondering how to make the calendar entries so the date reflects the actual date of the event and not the entry date.
I made a {calendar_date}  variable and able to pull the date in the information section, but my calendar still reflects the entry_date.

[Mod Edit: Moved to the EE 2 Tech Support forum]

Hi Chris,

To confirm, you made a custom date field?
The standard calendar tag is based on the entry date and not a custom field. Is it the Calendar Tag that you are using?

Is there any reason you aren’t using this date field?

Which date variable should I be using if I want to show the on the mini calendar the event date,  and not he date it was entered?
here is the calendar I am using:
{exp:channel:calendar switch="calendarToday|calendarCell" channel="calendar" show_future_entries="yes"}
<table class=“calendarBG” border=“0” cellpadding=“6” cellspacing=“1” summary=“My Calendar”>
<tr>
<th><div class=“calendarMonthLinks”><<</div></th>
<th colspan=“5”>{date format="%F %Y"}</th>
<th><div class=“calendarMonthLinks”>>></div></th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  {calendar_heading}
  <td class=“calendarDayHeading”>{lang:weekday_abrev}</td>
  {/calendar_heading}
  </tr>
  {calendar_rows}
  {row_start}<tr>{/row_start}

{if entries}
  <td class=’{switch}’ align=‘center’>{day_number}</td>
  {/if}
  {if not_entries}
  <td class=’{switch}’ align=‘center’>{day_number}</td>
  {/if}
  {if blank}
  <td class=‘calendarBlank’>{day_number}</td>
  {/if}

  {row_end}</tr>{/row_end}
  {/calendar_rows}
  </table>
  {/exp:channel:calendar}

Hi, Chris.

The mini calendar only works with the entry_date. If you want different functionality, you may want to explore Solspace’s Calendar module.