Badly formatted user input

[Henrik]

Hi,

I have a DatePicker that displays the date nicely in the correct format i.e. "2016-05-26" for May 26, 2016.

 

I would like to handle badly formatted user input, like "160531" which is an allowed way to enter a date in our organisation. I want to take this date and format it correctly with some JS code. The problem is that when I input a date like this I can't get it from the datepicker in my javascript code.

JS Code:

       var date1 = kendo.toString($("#RelevantDate").data("kendoDatePicker").value(), 'd');
        var date2 = $("#RelevantDate").data("kendoDatePicker").value();

both the date1 and the date2 variable are null if I have a date like "160531". With a nicely formatted date everything works.

 

Is there any way to get a badly formatted date out of the datepicker? I want the users to be able to select the date in the picker and to enter the date manually so changing to a textbox input is not an option.

 

Best regards,

Henrik
 

[Pavlina]

Hi,

You can refer to the sample dojo example below which shows how to parse the input value to the desired format:
http://dojo.telerik.com/OCeQI/3

It should help you achieve your goal.

Regards,
Pavlina
Telerik

[Henrik]

Thanks for the prompt reply,

 

Took me a little trial-and-error, but I got it to work as I wanted. Thanks!

 

Henrik