Datepicker doesn't allow pasting dates or manually typing dates

[MagnusWLarsenGormAgency]

Which Umbraco version are you using? (Please write the exact version, example: 10.1.0)

13.2.0

Bug summary

When manually typing a date or copying a date into a date field, it doesn't update the field.

For both Date Picker and Date Picker with Time

The date picker works only when clicking the dates in the date picker window.

Specifics

Might be an underlying issue with flatpickr:
flatpickr/flatpickr#1551

Tested in
Firefox - 124.0.2
Chrome -123.0.6312.106

Steps to reproduce

• Create a new doctype with a Date Picker
• Create a new node of that Doctype
• Paste or type a date that matches the format into the input field
• Save and publish node
• The value in the field is cleared and not saved

Expected result / actual result

It is expected that you can type or paste dates into these fields.
This worked on previous versions of Umbraco.

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[NguyenThuyLan]

Hi @MagnusWLarsenGormAgency , thanks for reporting this issue. As I can see this issue only happens when the input date doesn't have value before as in the video below. It can still type and paste other values if it already had value on it before.

Edit_.Test.-.Content.-.localhost.-.Google.Chrome.2024-07-10.15-17-47.mp4

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[tmb-jyskefinans-dk]

Still an issue for 13.4.1 any updates on this?

[mikecp]

Hi @tmb-jyskefinans-dk ,
It seems that it has not been picked up yet by a community member. Or, if it has, we haven't received any PR to solve it yet.

[Lili-Rossiter]

Hi, has there been any more progress on fixing this issue?

[Abdjulaziz]

Can confirm this is also an issue on v13.5.2

[martinthogersen]

In Umbraco 14.3.1, a similar issue exists where copying and pasting a full date value is not possible. Users can only copy and paste individual components of the date, such as the day, month, or year.

See the screenshot below:

Please let me know if you'd like a separate issue for this.

[wonderjohan]

I can't find a way to open the DatePicker window without using the mouse, which means editors who use screen readers can't use this property at all.

[jonasdk]

There doesn't seem to be much activity in this issue, who should one persuade to get it prioritized?

[AndyButland]

Fixed in #18903 for 13.9.0.

[pwynne82]

Not fixed in 13.8.0 for me. Patch/Upgrade happened yesterday.

Paste in a fully formatted date and time (2025-04-16 12:00:00) > Save > Message: 'Value cannot be null'

Server OS | Microsoft Windows 10.0.20348
Server Framework | .NET 8.0.13
Default Language | en-US
Umbraco Version | 13.8.0
Current Culture | en-GB
Current UI Culture | en-GB
Current Webserver | IIS
Models Builder Mode | SourceCodeAuto
Runtime Mode | BackofficeDevelopment
Debug Mode | True
Database Provider | Microsoft.Data.SqlClient
Current Server Role | Single
Browser | Edge-chromium 135.0.0.0
Browser (user agent) | Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/135.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/135.0.0.0

[AndyButland]

Looks like this missed the cut for 13.8 and I mis-wrote above. The PR has the correct labels and I've fixed my comment to reference 13.9.

[pwynne82]

No worries. Would you anticipate it being about 6 weeks for 13.9 to be released? Thank you.

[AndyButland]

Something like that yes. We haven't scheduled it yet but likely will continue on that schedule for at least one more 13 minor.