[FLEX-16365] DateFormatter issue when entering 0

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK 3.0 (Release)
• Component/s: Formatters
• Environment: Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Language Found: English
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Adobe JIRA
• Created: 31/Oct/08 04:25
• Updated: 18/May/09 23:27
• Resolved: 14/May/09 17:47

Description

Steps to reproduce:
1. Run the attached mxml in FB.
2. Type 0 in the text field and press Go button.
3. The result after formatting the "0" is an empty string

Actual Results: Empty string instead of "01-Jan-1970"

Expected Results: "01-Jan-1970".
"0" is a valid value as it indicates the begining of 1970 as Date.toString for entering "0" shows Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 GMT+0000 1970.
Please note if you type "-1" it works find and shows Formatted Date:31-Dec-1969 and the Date.toString value is :Wed Dec 31 23:59:59 GMT+0000 1969

Workaround (if any): I do not think this is a good workaround but it may be helpful to fix this issue :
Create a class that inherits DateFormatter class and overwrite this method : override public function format(value:Object):String
instead of "if (!value || value)" have "if ((!value || value == "") && ( value != "0"))". Then you also have to redefine : private static const VALID_PATTERN_CHARS:String = "Y,M,D,A,E,H,J,K,L,N,S"; which I do not think is a good idea.