Removed start date cannot be in the past validation on course run

course_discovery/apps/publisher/forms.py

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from django import forms
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.db.models.functions import Lower
 from django.template.loader import render_to_string
-from django.utils import timezone
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from opaque_keys import InvalidKeyError
 from opaque_keys.edx.keys import CourseKey
@@ -324,8 +323,6 @@ class CustomCourseRunForm(CourseRunForm):
         max_effort = cleaned_data.get("max_effort")
         start = cleaned_data.get("start")
         end = cleaned_data.get("end")
-        if start and start < timezone.now():
-            raise ValidationError({'start': _('Start date cannot be in the Past')})
         if start and end and start > end:
             raise ValidationError({'start': _('Start date cannot be after the End date')})
         if min_effort and max_effort and min_effort > max_effort:

course_discovery/apps/publisher/tests/test_forms.py

@@ -111,11 +111,6 @@ class PublisherCourseRunEditFormTests(TestCase):
         with self.assertRaises(ValidationError):
             run_form.clean()
 
-        run_form.cleaned_data = {'start': current_datetime - timedelta(days=3),
-                                 'end': current_datetime + timedelta(days=3)}
-        with self.assertRaises(ValidationError):
-            run_form.clean()
-
         run_form.cleaned_data['start'] = current_datetime + timedelta(days=1)
         run_form.cleaned_data['end'] = current_datetime + timedelta(days=3)
         self.assertEqual(run_form.clean(), run_form.cleaned_data)

course_discovery/conf/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/django.po

@@ -675,10 +675,6 @@ msgid "Video Language"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: apps/publisher/forms.py
-msgid "Start date cannot be in the Past"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: apps/publisher/forms.py
 msgid "Start date cannot be after the End date"
 msgstr ""
 

course_discovery/conf/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/django.po

@@ -800,11 +800,6 @@ msgid "Video Language"
 msgstr "Vïdéö Längüägé Ⱡ'σяєм ιρѕυм ∂σłσя ѕιт#"
 
 #: apps/publisher/forms.py
-msgid "Start date cannot be in the Past"
-msgstr ""
-"Stärt däté çännöt ßé ïn thé Päst Ⱡ'σяєм ιρѕυм ∂σłσя ѕιт αмєт, ¢σηѕє¢тє#"
-
-#: apps/publisher/forms.py
 msgid "Start date cannot be after the End date"
 msgstr ""
 "Stärt däté çännöt ßé äftér thé Énd däté Ⱡ'σяєм ιρѕυм ∂σłσя ѕιт αмєт, "