Title: Event validation errors
Last modified: July 9, 2026

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# Event validation errors

 *  [Head Goldfish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shoelaced/)
 * (@shoelaced)
 * [2 weeks, 1 day ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/event-validation-errors/)
 * After running into a bug with ongoing investigation in a different support thread,
   I tried a completely new site with nothing but EM installed, and now seem to 
   be getting more errors related to the date/time. This time, it says my end date
   must be greater than my beginning date, which, as far as I can tell, it is:
 * [https://i.postimg.cc/0NFNmJFn/Screenshot-2026-07-09-200608.png](https://i.postimg.cc/0NFNmJFn/Screenshot-2026-07-09-200608.png)

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 *  [joneiseman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joneiseman/)
 * (@joneiseman)
 * [2 weeks, 1 day ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/event-validation-errors/#post-18961004)
 * Looks like you created an event with recurrences. What did you specify in the
   recurrence section?
 *  Thread Starter [Head Goldfish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shoelaced/)
 * (@shoelaced)
 * [2 weeks, 1 day ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/event-validation-errors/#post-18961063)
 * Yes but as shown in the screenshot, the first date is July 24th and the last 
   date is July 26th. It’s saying the second date is earlier than the first, when
   in fact it’s not. I set two dates, each with the “On” selection so I could choose
   specific dates.
 *  [joneiseman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joneiseman/)
 * (@joneiseman)
 * [2 weeks, 1 day ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/event-validation-errors/#post-18961070)
 * It worked fine for me. I added two recurrences first I added July 24th and then
   I clicked on Add Dates and added July 26th. Then I specified the start time as
   7PM and then end time as 11:45 pm and then I published the event and I did not
   get any error.
 * ![](https://i0.wp.com/www.ourfamilybios.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/recurrences.
   png?ssl=1)
 *  Thread Starter [Head Goldfish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shoelaced/)
 * (@shoelaced)
 * [2 weeks, 1 day ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/event-validation-errors/#post-18961082)
 * I added them as two separate dates each with a different time. They’re too big
   to fit in a screenshot but you can kind of see here. But this is a completely
   fresh site, so unless this is also an object cache issue, there shouldn’t be 
   any conflicts.
 * [https://i.postimg.cc/rwyNszBh/Screenshot-2026-07-09-223718.png](https://i.postimg.cc/rwyNszBh/Screenshot-2026-07-09-223718.png)
 *  [joneiseman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joneiseman/)
 * (@joneiseman)
 * [2 weeks, 1 day ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/event-validation-errors/#post-18961089)
 * Looks like the way you did it is not working. For now, I would suggest you use
   the method that I did which is to add a single On occurrence with two dates instead
   of two dates with On occurrences with a single date.
 *  Thread Starter [Head Goldfish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shoelaced/)
 * (@shoelaced)
 * [2 weeks, 1 day ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/event-validation-errors/#post-18961092)
 * I see. Unfortunately I need the two dates to have different start times, so I
   didn’t see a different way to do that.
 *  [joneiseman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joneiseman/)
 * (@joneiseman)
 * [2 weeks, 1 day ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/event-validation-errors/#post-18961098)
 * I see what you mean. I’ll report this to [@msykes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msykes/)

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