272627 - Setting task start date moves task end date thousands of years into the future.

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Calendar :: General, defect)

Description

[steveschmechel]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

If you create a task and leave the default dates (today) in place and save it,
then you go back and edit the task and change the start date, the end date jumps
forward to some date in the year 4009 or 4010 depending on the start date you
choose.  

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a task and leave the default dates (today) in place and save it
2. Edit the task and change the start date.
3. Observer the task's end date.

Actual Results:  
The end date jumps forward to some date in the year 4009 or 4010 depending on
the start date you choose.  

Expected Results:  
Move the date forward or back the same number of days like it does on a fresh
new task or one that was saved with a non-default end date.

Comment 1

[steveschmechel]

UPDATE TO STEPS:
 
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a task and leave the START date (today) in place
2. CHANGE THE END DATE TO 2 DAYS BEYOND THE START DATE
3. SAVE THE TASK
4. Edit the task and change the start date.
5. Observer the task's end date.

Comment 2

[Joey Minta]

Reporter:
    I am unable to reproduce this bug with Calendar 2005011112 for Firefox 1.0.
 Can you clarify the specific dates you used to observe this bug, or perhaps
attach the ICS calendar with the task that does this?  Also, are you still
observing this bug in the most recent builds of Calendar?

Comment 3

[steveschmechel]

The bug is no longer present in the current version of Calendar.  I tried the
latest version with Firefox version 0.91 (on Windows) and 1.0 (on Linux) and the
problem seems to have disappeared.  The controls for selecting dates have been
significantly updated since I reported the problem and the code behind them was
most likely also enhanced and fixed.

Comment 4

[Reed Loden [:reed]]

The bugspam monkeys have been set free and are feeding on Calendar :: General. Be afraid for your sanity!