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Masking feature for Datepicker?
Is there any plan to include a masking feature for datepicker? For the life of me I can't get ui-mask to play nice with either ui-bootstrap or angularstrap's datepicker.
Or at least the option to specify alternate formats for the parser, so for example we can configure it to accept all the following formats: dd/MM/yyyy, ddMMyyyy, dd.MM.yyyy, dd.MM.yy, ddMMyy. Please refer to the altFormats option for ExtJS's DateField.
Is there a particular reason why one would want to mask a date that can be modified?
@wesleycho Sorry not sure what you mean. If you allow people to key in a date (as opposed to restricting it to dropdown calendar input only) I think there needs to be a mask serving as a guide, especially when the format validation is unforgiving. Good example would be the HTML5 date input.
Just wondering if you need more info from me? Did what I said make sense?
An alternative to masking is to make the datepicker more forgiving, i.e. ability to parse more input formats, similar to ExtJS's "altFormats" feature.
This sounds like a complex feature request to implement.
I would be willing to accept a PR implementing this feature, but there are a lot of tasks that are needed to address deficiencies in the datepicker, namely the weakness in not being able to use a custom parser fully, and this request seems to make it much more difficult to accomplish that goal if implemented.
