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Std.Date.ConvertDateFormatMultiple() returns odd values when given invalid date

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ConvertDateFormatMultiple() is actually two calls, with DateToString() consuming the output of MatchDateString(). The former is new code (as of the major additions to Std.Date in 5.0) while the latter is old code. The new code does not check the old code's return value, so it winds up trying to parsing '0' as a numeric date in YYYYMMDD format, leading to a strange returned result.

The fix is to validate the returned value of MatchDateString() and return an empty string if the date is invalid.

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Dan Camper March 15, 2016 at 1:16 PM

Sample code illustrating failure:

import std; dt_formats := ['%m/%d/%Y', '%Y-%m-%d','%mm/%dd/%Y']; output(std.date.ConvertDateFormatMultiple('', dt_formats));

Return value is -11130 instead of empty string.

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https://github.com/hpcc-systems/HPCC-Platform/pull/8341
https://github.com/hpcc-systems/HPCC-Platform/pull/8341

Created March 14, 2016 at 5:02 PM
Updated March 15, 2016 at 2:41 PM
Resolved March 15, 2016 at 2:41 PM

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