Issues with partial date

Hi all, We have a requirement where we want to allow user to input an incomplete date (e.g. date is a required field, year and month are mandatory, however exact day is optional) Is there a good way for handling partial date for a use case like this? I'm aware of a XBL components (fields-date) which is very close to what I'm looking for, but whenever the "day" is empty the component append "__" to the field. This cause the date to be invalid. Is this to be expected? Is there a way to validate partial date? (<dateofbirth>2011-11-__</dateofbirth>) Best, Richard

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Richard,

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>> It's possible to validate with the xs:gMonthYear type.
If I change the type to "xs:gYearMonth", then the calendar icon will disappear. It seems like the type have to be "xs:date".

Is there a good example somewhere that showing how date format should be handled?

>> The date input field assumes xs:date. It would be nice to have a date
control able to take just a year, a year/month, or a full date.
Does this mean the partial date is difficult to achieve with current date input field?
How about the XBL components (fields-date)?
I cann't seem to find any detailed info regarding "fields-date" on the orbeon wiki... :-(

Best,
Richard

On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Richard Ho <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> We have a requirement where we want to allow user to input an incomplete
> date (e.g. date is a required field, year and month are mandatory, however
> exact day is optional)
> Is there a good way for handling partial date for a use case like this?
> I'm aware of a XBL components (fields-date) which is very close to what I'm
> looking for, but whenever the "day" is empty the component append "__" to
> the field. This cause the date to be invalid. Is this to be expected? Is
> there a way to validate partial date?
> (<dateofbirth>2011-11-__</dateofbirth>)
>
> Best,
> Richard
>
>
>
>
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> If I change the type to "xs:gYearMonth", then the calendar icon will
> disappear. It seems like the type have to be "xs:date".
>
> Is there a good example somewhere that showing how date format should be
> handled?
>>> The date input field assumes xs:date. It would be nice to have a date
> control able to take just a year, a year/month, or a full date.
> Does this mean the partial date is difficult to achieve with current date
> input field?

I think that's unfortunately a fair statement.

> How about the XBL components (fields-date)?

Like the standard date picker, they all deal with dates that include a day.

> I cann't seem to find any detailed info regarding "fields-date" on the
> orbeon wiki... :-(

Have you checked this page:

http://wiki.orbeon.com/forms/doc/developer-guide/xforms-controls/input-control

-Erik


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