Description Andrea Rice 2011-05-17 13:40:44 EDT

Build Identifier: M20110210-1200

There is an action to generate an XML instance document based on an XSD schema document.  If the schema contains elements of type gMonth, the value that is used to populate those fields is '--01--'.  However, according to the following schema documentation, the format should be '--01'.  

http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema11-2/#gMonth

There, the following is the regular expression for gMonth values:

--(0[1-9]|1[0-2])(Z|(\+|-)((0[0-9]|1[0-3]):[0-5][0-9]|14:00))?

The trailing slashes are thus invalid based on the above regular expression.

I am not positive but I think at one point there may have been an errata in the XML specification which may be why this format was used in the first place.  I believe the now erroneous format is accepted in some places but not all and it would be better to use the proper format of --01.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Right-click the attached MyDateTestingTypes.xsd file
2.  Invoked the Generate > XML File... action
3.  In the New XML File Wizard, proceed to the second page and click the 'create optional elements' checkbox.
4.  Click OK to create the .xml file
Problem:  In the created file, the field 'a17_gMonth' has a value of '--01--'