How to create programmatically data event node and set data fields - events

Question

I followed the step by step guide to implement the module event calendar feature. This is the link to the module:
http://drupal.org/project/events_calendar_feature
I then created a custom modulethat downloads information from an external website every day (by implementing hook_cron). This module automatically creates nodes programmatically of type "data_event" that i created (following the guide mentioned above) with all the new events on the site every day. These are all the fields in the new content type "data_event" created:
LABEL: Title MACHINE NAME: title FIELD TYPE: Node module element
LABEL: Body MACHINE NAME: body FIELD TYPE: Node module element
LABEL: Date(s) MACHINE NAME: field_event_dates FIELD TYPE: Date WIDGET: Text field
The problem is set up properly the various fields of the node. How do I know the names of the fields for the date to be set?
This is my current implementation in my module. Commented lines are some tests without success.
Date format: dd/mm/yyyy Time format: hh:mm (24h)
function create_data_event_node($title, $id, $data_event_body, $startDate, $startDateTime, $endDate, $endDateTime) {
watchdog("Indico Downloader", "Creating new data event node.");
$node = new stdClass();
$node->type = "data_event";
$node->title = $title;
$node->language = LANGUAGE_NONE;
$node->id = $id;
node_object_prepare($node);
$node->body[$node->language][0]['value'] = $data_event_body;
$node->body[$node->language][0]['format'] = 'full_html';
// $node->field_event_dates[$node->language][0]['value']['date'] = $startDate." - ".$startDateTime;
// $node->field_event_dates = array(
// 0 => array(
// 'value' => format_date($om__result->date, 'short'),
// ),
// );
// $node->field_event_dates[$node->language][0]['value']['time'] = $startDateTime;
// $node->field_event_dates[$node->language][0]['value2']['date'] = $endDate;
// $node->field_event_dates[$node->language][0]['value2']['time'] = $endDateTime;
$node = node_submit($node);
node_save($node);
}
Thanks in advance for your answers.

Answer 1

Let's first make sure that you have configured your field to contain multiple values?
-- click "edit" behind your field.
-- Verify that "number Of Values" is configured to have more than 1.
Once that is done, you should be able to set the first value by assigning a value to:
$node->field_event_dates[$node->language][0]['value'] = "whatever you want it to be".
and a second date:
$node->field_event_dates[$node->language][1]['value'] = "This is a second value".
etc...
Up until:
$node->field_event_dates[$node->language][9]['value'] = "This is the last possible" (assuming you've set max values to 10).
I hope this helps?