Input string converted to Date

[JP13]

Is it possible to enter a string such as 10011989 and have it automatically changed to 10/01/1989?

[Viktor Tachev]

Hello,

It possible to have the DatePicker widget read the date without separators. You just need to specify the format that will be used in the parseFormats option. The definition in the .NET Core wrapper would look similar to this:

@(Html.Kendo().DatePicker()
      .Name("datepicker")
      .Format("mm/dd/yyyy")
      .ParseFormats(new string[] { "MMddyyyy" })
)

Give the configuration a try and let me know how it works for you.


Regards,
Viktor Tachev
Progress Telerik

[JP13]

That works but causes another issue.

I have the following Javascript

function TermStartDateChange() {
  var jsTermStartDate = kendo.toString(this.value(), 'd');
  $('#iDOStartDate').data('kendoDatePicker').value(jsTermStartDate);
}

 

When I put the string '070119' into my control, it will adjust it 07/01/2019 correctly, but the other field gets a value of 01/01/2019. The debugger shows this.value as 'Tue Jan 01 2019 00:07:00 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)'.  Before I put the format and parseformats on my fields my script would correctly populate the new field. I also notice that if I enter 070119 into my control, and then click on the calendar icon to change the date, the dropdown shows the date as Jan 1 2019 as well.

 

What do I need to adjust to get the correct date in the new field as well as showing the entered date within the calendar?

[Viktor Tachev]

Hello,

If you would like to parse a value as date from a specific format I would recommend taking advantage of the kendo.parseDate method and specifying the formats used for parsing explicitly. 

In case the behavior is not working as expected on your end please send us a dojo sample or a runnable project where the issue is replicated so we can examine it.


Regards,
Viktor Tachev
Progress Telerik