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[Jim Grace <jimgrace@xxxxxxxxx>]

Excellent, thanks Morten.


On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 7:50 AM, Morten Olav Hansen <mortenoh@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hi guys
>
> As you have probably noticed, I have been working on implementing support
> for a more generic calendar in DHIS 2 (to support my ongoing work to have
> the Nepali calendar supported).
>
> This work is happening in branch
> https://code.launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs-core/dhis2/localized-calendar (I
> hope to have it merged soon).
>
> What is working:
> - Calendar and date format can be set in general settings -> calendar
> - Data entry is updated to show proper local dates, will be converted to
> iso periods when saved
> - Add/edit orgUnit opening/closed date is using localized date picker
>
> To have this working, I have implemented:
>
> Java:
> - A new Calendar interface with multiple implementations
> - A new CalendarService which gives you current calendar and current date
> format
>
> JavaScript:
> - A new Period generator has been implemented which uses the system
> calendar to generate periods
> - A new localized date picker have been implemented which uses system
> generator
>
> If you use main.vm to bootstrap your page, you can use these two new
> global variables:
> dhis2.period.generator
> dhis2.period.picker
>
> And you can find more information about the API in dhis2.period.js (in
> commons)
>
> What I need from you guys:
> - If you want to get todays date, please use calendar.today(), and not jdk
> Calendar / Date since these are not localized
> - For any kind of date / calendar manipulation, please use calendar again
> (it has plusDays, plusWeeks etc)
> - If you use jquery ui date picker, please use the global date picker
> instead
> - When saving dates to the database, please convert to iso first
> (calendar.toIso), and convert to local when getting values out
> (calendar.fromIso)
>
> Jan: for extjs, please have a look at how the extjs date picker can be
> customized, you should be able to use the generator, but I'm not sure about
> the date picker..
>
> For 2.16 I think we will stop at input, all outputs will be implemented in
> 2.17
>
> Please, if you have any questions / bug reports, please write directly and
> I will have a look
>
> --
> Morten
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