Dates prior to 1,000

[genev]

Is it possible to enter dates that are earlier than 1,000 and BC dates using form date fields with DateChooser?
DateChooser keeps resetting the dates like '01/01/01' to '01/01/2001' irrespective of startDate and startYear settings.

SmartClient 8.2 eval / all major browsers.

thanks,
- g

[genev]

Any way to workaround the issue with automatic date resetting to 2001? Setting useTextField:true attribute doesn't help and there is nothing in the docs about this limitation.

thanks,
- Gene

[Isomorphic]

Thanks for the report - we've fixed this in the framework - with nightly builds after today, you can set centuryThreshold on your DateItem to null - that will prevent the automatic conversion of 2-digit years to 4-digits. There was also a fix for a related bug around 3-digit years.

[genev]

Thank you for your reply.
I don't think it's completely fixed though. It's working for 3-digits years but not for 2 or 1 digits.

Enter a 2 or single digit date in the date field and then click the text field - the date will get transformed to the 20th century. So in case with double digit dates, they're now getting converted to 19xx dates (used to be 20xx dates).

DynamicForm.create({
    ID:"histChart",
    autoDraw:true,titleOrientation:"top",
    fields:[
		{name:"hist_genetics", 
			type:"text",
			required:true, 
			defaultValue:"Today", 
			title:"Text field"},
		{name:"hist_date",type:"date",
			defaultValue:new Date(),
			required:true,
			useTextField:true,
			//startDate:"01/01/1"
			centuryThreshold:null,
			//centuryThreshold:"null",
			title:"Date",
			displayFormat:"toUSShortDate",
			hint:"MM/DD/YYYY"
		}
	   ]
	});

Also, what would be the format for entering BC dates?

SmartClient 8.2 Pro nightly (2012-01-18_v82p), reproducible on IE7 and FF9.

thanks,
- gene

[Isomorphic]

The fix had only been made in the 8.3d branch, we've back-ported it now to 8.2p and it will appear in nightlies from tomorrow.

To use BCE dates, at least upto about BCE 280,000, the JS Date limit, just stick a hyphen in front of them, like

01/01/-43

[genev]

I tested this with 02/16 Pro nightly and the issue is still reproducible, 01/01/-43 is not getting accepted. Additionally, I see a regression now. If you enter '01/01/-43' and then click the date chooser icon, the calendar comes up with NaN shown instead of day numbers.

thanks,
-g