Parse 'moment' and raw ISO string dates in datepicker

[jdk339]

Feature Request

It would be great if the igx-date-picker component could read both ISO date strings and 'moment' objects. Currently, I have to do something like the following:

this.payPeriods = payPeriods.map((pp: any) => {
    pp.startDate = pp.startDate ? new Date(pp.startDate) : null;
    return pp;
});

Also, the problem with this is that new Date() does not always parse strings properly, so if igx-date-picker could parse ISO strings it would help out a lot.

[bkulov]

We're currently working on implementing an input in the date picker so the user could manually enter dates. This is the spec:
https://github.com/IgniteUI/igniteui-angular/wiki/igx-datePicker-Specification

Related issue is #3034.

We will support various ISO date formats. For more details see the spec above.

[bkulov]

@jdk339 We don't have immediate plans to support moment library.

[jdk339]

@bkulov Okay thanks, at least ISO strings will be supported.

[bkulov]

@jdk339 Could you please provide us a few examples of strings which could not be properly parsed by new Date() so we could test if igx-date-picker is parsing them correctly?

[jdk339]

@bkulov 2019-03-28T00:00:00 and any numerical variation of that format

[sboykova]

Hello jdk339,
igx-date-picker parses correctly new Date('2019-03-28T00:00:00') and displays it. With the current release, it will be possible to edit such dates as well.