Solved - Form date field - format different to model causes empty date to be saved

[murrah]

Hi,

Using Ext.data.proxy.Rest, consuming a field that comes in this format:

{name: 'datejoined', type:'date', dateFormat:'Y-m-d H:i:s'} 

displays in grid correctly.

Edit the grid record using a form with the date field of:

{
    xtype: 'datefield',
    name: 'datejoined',
    fieldLabel: 'Date joined',
    format: 'd/m/Y',
    altFormat: 'Y-m-d H:i:s' // Just tried this on the off chance, but it didnt help the problem
}, 

The date displays correctly.

BUT... if I save the form which gets me to here in my controller:

var win = button.up('window'),
    form = win.down('form'),
    record = form.getRecord(),
    values = form.getValues();

record.set(values); 

The date ends up as an empty string in the record:
record.set(values) --> field.convert(value, me); --> Ext.Date.parse(v, df);

The reason is that Ext.Date.parse fails because the string from the form field value (v) is in the format 'd/m/Y' while the date format (df) uses the model field's dateFormatof 'Y-m-d H:i:s'!

It seems strange that I cant display a form field date in any format I choose and have the record.set() method use the form field's format to convert to a date object!

My work around is as follows:

var win = button.up('window'),
    form = win.down('form'),
    record = form.getRecord(),
    values = form.getValues();

var fld = form.getForm().findField('datejoined');
var fldFormat = fld.format;
values.datejoined = Ext.Date.parse(values.datejoined, fldFormat);

record.set(values); 

That works because I am taking care of the conversion myself before record.set() gets it. (The date is then correctly converted to the ''Y-m-d H:i:s' by the writer before being sent to the server).

So, am I configuring something incorrectly, or is this a bug?

Thanks,
Murray

[scottmartin]

The value send to the server should be in the format specified your proxy. You should not have to parse it manually. IIRC, I noticed the same behavior .. the record header had blank dates?

I will take a closer look.

Scott.

[murrah]

Thanks Scott!

[scottmartin]

After testing this .. you should be able to set useDataValues:true in getValues() to make this work as expected.

Scott.

[murrah]

Thanks Scott. I am just getting up to speed with Ext 4 having last used Ext 3 some time ago, so I missed that new method and options. That is much better! All good now.

Thanks again for your help,
Murray