Using ZF2 \Zend\Validate, is it possible to validate a date only if it is a weekday? So weekends, regardless of month or year, will fail the validation?
The input is a normal text field.
I don't think that Zend\Validate has already a validator to check that.
You'll probably need to write your own custom validator to do your check.
Have a look at this answer to see how to perform the actual check (actually that answer check the converse, but it'll be easy to adapt it)
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I am trying to format an input field of the type xs:date in Orbeon.
I have tried using the xxf:format attribute, but the datepicker can not understand the date when it has been modified.
The idea now was to change the javascript of Orbeon to use the xxf:unformat attribute to interpret the date and transform it back to ISO format.
I've tried changing the data.js but for some reason none of the changes can be seen.
Am I changing the wrong file?
Edit
I figured out that the xforms.js has a function 'getCurrentValue' which is being as the changes I do there are visible. Now I just need to figure out who is the one that's calling the function.
Edit:
It is the Calendar who requests the value of the input when the user clicks on the symbol. This all happens at the client side, and the generated HTML does not have the format/unformat attributes. However I want to use their value. Can I make a request to Orbeon to get it? How?
In case you're using an xf:input bound to a node of type xs:date, you can control the formatting of the date field with the oxf.xforms.format.input.date property. A few formats are supported, and if you want to add more, the best would be to follow the pattern currently used for the currently supported formats.
E.g.
[M]/[D]/[Y]
[Y]-[M01]-[D01]
I need to save Date Time in the (oracle) database in one column, which is sqlType of timestamp (looks like 01-JAN-14 12.00.00.000000 AM). While learning grails I've been using the Joda lib with it's "time picker".
The Joda timepicker has worked well, but now that I'm looking to go primetime I'm looking for something a little more user friendly. Frankly, text boxes might be more user friendly than the drops downs joda gives you.
Anyway, I'd like to remove joda and use something like this:
http://trentrichardson.com/examples/timepicker/
but I can't figure out how to implement it in grails. In my view, if I put:
<input type="text" name="endDate" id="endDate" value="${exampleInstance?.endDate}" />
in place of the g:datePicker, it works fine (the picker that is), except nothing gets saved to the database, and no errors are generated. I hit Save and the Show view comes up with an empty endDate field. Do I need more input tags?
Is there some easy way to implement a modern looking date+time picker that I've missed?
Furthermore, I see there is a plugin for this picker here
http://grails.org/plugin/jquery-ui-timepicker
But being that there isn't any documentation, I'm not sure how to use that either (?)
ANSWER
in controller save/update put something like:
def endDate = params.date('endDate', 'yy-MM-dd h:mm')
//println "Date from Picker was "+endDate
params.endDate = endDate
No further casting was necessary being that it ended up I could format the datepicker control to a very close format as what's in the database, but had I needed to cast from one odd format, or a string, to another, I toyed with this code, which is more psuedo than anything as I was thinking through the process (I'm sure there's a totally Groovy way to do this same thing):
SimpleDateFormat inputFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.S");
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yy h.mm.ss.S a");
def v = params.endDate
Date date = inputFormat.parse(v);
String temp = sdf.format(date)
Date dateOut = sdf.parse(temp)
println dateOut
The datepicker, is your UI component therefore, you can have any library that you wish for UI and anything else for back-end. Mostly they are easy to implement, if they provide a little bit of documentation!!.
The timepicker for jQuery ui plugin, that you provided the link, is exposing a resource called jqueryUiTimePicker which depends on jQuery and jQuery-ui. So simply by including this resource into you resources configuration you should be able to utilize it. Its no different than defining your own resource and use it.
About saving issue that you have, on your save pass parameter failOnError:true so you can see the errors if any.
I have created a sample project that utilizes this plugin hope it helps
In your controller, you will need to parse the parameter value to a Date value. Something like,
def endDate = params.date('endDate', 'dd-MM-yyyy')
dd-MM-yyyy is whatever format the jquery plugin submits the date value. (println params for this or look up the plugin documentation)
If you want a date format binding to happen automatically, check the Date Formats For Data Binding in the doc http://grails.org/doc/latest/guide/single.html#dataBinding for a way to globally specify the format
I'm following the MVC 4 tutorial and I'm having some trouble with decimals and date validations.
When I try to insert a date in format dd-MM-yyyy (because it is the format defined in the Culture I have my pc in) it returns this error: The field ReleaseDate must be a date.
Also when trying to insert a decimal field like 3,01 it returns a validation message: The field xpto must be a number.
You will probably say in these case to use a dot for this but in the culture i'm using that is the thousands separator like 1.000
Is this a general problem or it is just me?
Thanks in advance for your help.
By "My PC" I assume you mean client side, the browser validation fails? See my article http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg674880(VS.98).aspx - jQuery moved the local specific files so you will have to hunt for them. For debugging 1. disable client side validation and verify server validation works with your local (ie, decimals and dates in your local). Then it's a matter of getting the correct client side validation. This is not really an MVC question, it's more of a "jQuery non-english date/time & decimal validation" type question. You might have to post this question again. Once you solve this, please post your solution.
To solve this quickly, create the simplest possible HTML page with jQuery validation that fails, then post the repro. You can look at the generated HTML from MVC to help you create a simple HTML page.
You can change this behavior by setting the input culture: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bz9tc508.aspx. You can fix it on a specific culture or use 'auto' so the browser will use the user's current culture.
I am trying to build a ROR app that allows users to enter date in various formats such as 12/31/11 (month/day/year) or 31/12/11 (day/month/year). In order to interpret date format, I will have a select field from where user can select the format of date. I can use Date.strptime(value, format).to_s() in controller before saving record.
However, I am not sure is controller right place to put this information. Is there a way I can push this to model..say in before save method.
You could just save the data as it is (in the controller), and have another field in the model telling it how to interpret the data. Then, in a before_validation callback, you could try parsing the date according to the given format and writing it to the same field, now as a date. Problems may arise on the way back. Then, to display it in the view again, you could write helpers - but better yet, provide a method in the model (for instance, formatted_date) that will compute and display the date.
However, this requirement sounds strange. Why is the user's responsibility to select a date format? Shouldn't it be based on the user locale?
In any case, I suggest you register your date formats in an initializer, rather than repeting the format strings throughout the application.
I want to design a calendar in asp.net mvc and I want to take month information as a string in address bar. What should I do? And after that I have to show this month from index.aspx. How can I do this?
It's a little unclear what you're trying to do. If you're trying to present a calendar so that a user can input a date, I'd use jQueryUI's datepicker. The default style looks pretty nice, it's simple to use, and it works really well.
After re-reading your question, it seems you want your URL to be in some sort of date format. If this is the case, you need a custom route, like the one in this article. After you have created your custom route, printing the date is rather simple: pass the month part of the date from your controller down to your view and display it.