306401 - Date selector controls get the system date format incorrectly

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Calendar :: Sunbird Only, defect)

Description

[Gary van der Merwe]

The date controls (eg. From and To date on event form, Date and Due Date on task
form) are unusable. They default to the current date but in the format
yyyy/MM/yyyy. When you try correct it, it changes to "Invalid Date".

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20050828 Mozilla
Sunbird/0.2+

Comment 1

[Joey Minta]

(In reply to comment #0)
> The date controls (eg. From and To date on event form, Date and Due Date on task
> form) are unusable. They default to the current date but in the format
> yyyy/MM/yyyy. When you try correct it, it changes to "Invalid Date".
> 
> Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20050828 Mozilla
> Sunbird/0.2+

This is quite odd.  The datepicker should default to the date in the format
specified by your system.  What format do dates appear for you in Windows? 
Also, just so we're clear 'yyyy/MM/yyyy' wasn't a typo?  There's no 'dd' anywhere?

Can you also double check that this happens in all datepickers? (try View->Go to
Date)

Comment 2

[Gary van der Merwe]

Attachment: Screen Shot

>What format do dates appear for you in Windows? 
yyyy/MM/dd

>Also, just so we're clear 'yyyy/MM/yyyy' wasn't a typo?  There's no 'dd'
anywhere?
>Can you also double check that this happens in all datepickers? (try View->Go
to
Date)

Yes, and Yes, Please see attached screen shot

Comment 3

[Gary van der Merwe]

I did some playing the the short date format on my system. Here are the results:

yyyy/MM/dd - Is formated as yyyy/MM/yyyy
yyyy/dd/MM - Is formated as yyyy/dd/yyyy
dd/MM/yyyy - Works correctly.
MM/dd/yyyy - Works correctly

So it seems like it's changeing the last part of the format to yyyy.

Comment 4

[gekacheka]

This problem only occurs if '/' is the separator (bug 307895).  
Workaround: use '-' as the separator.
(w2k: control panel | regional options | date tab)

Comment 5

[Gary van der Merwe]

Tested Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20051019
Mozilla Sunbird/0.2+

-> Fixed - thanks

Comment 6

[gekacheka]

*** Bug 324284 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***