[6.0] date format input - smarter solution

[Ferdinand]

currently if date is defined as dd.mm.yyyy the user has to enter 08.04.2011 whereas the "." (dot) might not be on the decimal pad hence slowing down the data entry
IMHO OpenERP should allow to enter dates without the separator characters and expand it internally.

[Xavier (Open ERP) (xmo-deactivatedaccount)]

> IMHO OpenERP should allow to enter dates without the separator characters and expand it internally.

Do you mean it should (in your opinion) allow for "08042011"? I do not really see how it would be possible to automatically disambiguate this, there are about half a dozen different interpretation producing more or less valid dates, depending on the context.

Currently, the clients merely parse the dates provided according to the format configured on your language.

[Ferdinand (office-chricar)]

this works in Koo perfectly since "years"
"OpenERP should allow to enter dates without the separator characters and expand it internally."
the user enters data in the format specified but without separator characters

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