Bug 350399

Description Beat Schwarzentrub 2011-06-27 02:58:29 EDT

Build Identifier: 3.7.0.2011-Jun 2011

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
An ordinary date field is able to parse "short" input string, i.e. 15122010 --> 15.12.2010 or 010111 --> 01.01.2011. A date field with time should allow this form too, especially because the GUI uses separate date and time entry fields. However, it does not, the value is rejected.

There is a related problem with the DateTimeField when a "delta string" is entered as a date, e.g. "+7" (= today + 7 days). A date field without time can parse this, a field with time can not.

EVALUATION:
The method AbstractDateField.parseDateTimeFormatsInternal(String, BooleanHolder) does not work correctly. The "text" parameter contains both the date and the time, and the parser cannot handle this case correctly when the date is entered in short form. (Input string then looks something like "15122010 00:00".)

PROPOSED SOLUTION:
See attached patch (fixes both problems), but maybe there is a better solution.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
See problem description.