DateItem does not accept RestDatasource's response format YYYY-MM-DD

[renzland]

I am using a DynamicForm which is fed by a RestDatasource.

The fetch response of the server is:

<response>
<data>
<record>
<date>2012-07-01</date>
...
</record>
</data>
</response>

The form contains following DateItem:

final DateItem dateItem = new DateItem("date", "Date");

When the form is populated after fetching the server's response data, the DateItem shows the current date instead of the received date.
The date within the response is ignored.

When I change the Java Code to:

final DateItem dateItem = new DateItem("date", "Date");
dateItem.setUseTextField(true);

The correct value is shown in the text field (2012-07-01), so the link to the response data seems to work.
If I select the date by using the DatePicker, the text contains following format afterwards: 07/01/2012

The format YYYY-MM-DD is specified in http://www.smartclient.com/smartgwt/javadoc/com/smartgwt/client/data/RestDataSource.html:
"... Date, time and datetime values must be communicated using XML Schema format, as in the following examples:
<dateField>2007-04-22</dateField> ..."

When saving the form, SmartGWT is sending the data exactly in that format.

What can I do that DateItem does accept the input format YYYY-MM-DD too?

Thank you very much.

Best Regards

Uwe

SmartGWT Version: 3.0, Browser: Firefox 10.0.5, IE9

[Isomorphic]

This isn't related to the form, your RestDataSource needs to declare this field as type "date" or it will still be a String by the time the form receives it, resulting in the behavior you're seeing.

[renzland]

It works :-)

Hi Isomorphic,

thank you for the hint. That was the solution.