LO76079: XPAGES DATE TIME PICKER FIELD DEFAULTS TO TODAY'S DATE

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• XPages Date Time Picker field defaults to today's date
  
  Reported from StackOverflow
  http://stackoverflow.com/q/15632042/2083858
  
  Given the following source code example on both 9.0.0 and 8.5.3,
  observe that
  there is a change in behaviour on 9.0.0 where if a value is
  unspecified in the
  XSP Source the resulting control displays today's date when
  previously this was
  not the case.
  
  There is a workaround available below however there was
  discussion to introduce
  a property to toggle the desired behaviour.
  
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  <xp:view xmlns:xp="http://www.ibm.com/xsp/core">
  
   <xp:inputText id="inputText1"
  value="#{sessionScope.inputText1}">
    <xp:this.converter>
     <xp:convertDateTime type="date" />
    </xp:this.converter>
    <xp:dateTimeHelper />
   </xp:inputText>
  
  </xp:view>
  

Local fix

• Workaround is to clobber the widget prototype postCreate
  function to prevents
  the value being reset like so.
  
  The same issue will affect the Date, Time and Date Time Picker;
  however the
  workaround below can be modified for the TimeTextBox,
  DateTimeTextBox
  accordingly.
  
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  <xp:view xmlns:xp="http://www.ibm.com/xsp/core">
   <xp:this.resources>
    <xp:script clientSide="true">
     <xp:this.contents><![CDATA[
  require([
   "dojo/_base/lang",
   "ibm/xsp/widget/layout/DateTextBox"
  ], function(lang, DateTextBox){
   var a = {};
   lang.mixin(a, {
    postCreate: function(){
     this.inherited(arguments);
    }
   });
   DateTextBox.extend(a);
  });
  ]]></xp:this.contents>
    </xp:script>
   </xp:this.resources>
  
   <xp:inputText id="inputText1"
  value="#{sessionScope.inputText1}">
    <xp:this.converter>
     <xp:convertDateTime type="date" />
    </xp:this.converter>
    <xp:dateTimeHelper />
   </xp:inputText>
  </xp:view>
  

Problem summary

• A programming error was found and will be corrected in a future
   release.
  

Problem conclusion

• A programming error was found and will be corrected in a future
   release.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

• This APAR is associated with SPR# DEGN966F5V.
  A programming error was found and will be corrected in a future
   release.
  

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  NOTES CLIENT

• Fixed component ID

  5724E6255

Applicable component levels

• R853 PSN

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