Tickets :: Comment on [#14749] SmartList due date parser doesn't always honor abbreviated date format preference

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Comment	> Hi everyone. > > When creating a new SmartList in Nag, the due date is not parsed > correctly or at least in a consistent way. My locale is > "America/Sao_Paulo" and the abbreviated date format preference is > "d-m-Y" ($_prefs['date_format_mini']['value'] = '%d/%m/%Y';) > > The thing seems very messy: if the user set the due date as > "01/12/17", the date is parsed as: > Horde_Date Object ( > [_year:protected] => 2017 > [_month:protected] => 1 > [_mday:protected] => 12 > [_hour:protected] => 12 > [_min:protected] => 0 > [_sec:protected] => 0 > [_timezone:protected] => America/Sao_Paulo > [_defaultFormat:protected] => Y-m-d H:i:s > [_formatCache:protected] => Array() > ) > This isn't correct if you consider the "date_format_mini" preference. > > Now, when trying to set the due date as "13/12/17", the date is parsed as: > Horde_Date Object > ( > [_year:protected] => 2017 > [_month:protected] => 12 > [_mday:protected] => 13 > [_hour:protected] => 12 > [_min:protected] => 0 > [_sec:protected] => 0 > [_timezone:protected] => America/Sao_Paulo > [_defaultFormat:protected] => Y-m-d H:i:s > [_formatCache:protected] => Array() > ) > > which is now correct according to the "date_format_mini" preference. > > How can I explain to my users that if the day of month is smaller > than 12 they should set date as "Y-m-d", but if it is not they should > use 'Y-m-d'? Even to me it doesn't make any sense. > > I will be glad to provide any additional information in order to solve this. > > Thanks in advance.
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