Improved date and datetime validation.

app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_application_controller_form.js.coffee

@@ -2367,7 +2367,7 @@ class App.ControllerForm extends App.Controller
                 throw "Invalid Date #{year}-#{format(month)}-#{format(day)}"
               param[ namespace[0] ] = "#{time.getUTCFullYear()}-#{format(time.getUTCMonth()+1)}-#{format(time.getUTCDate())}"
             catch err
-              param[ namespace[0] ] = null
+              param[ namespace[0] ] = 'invalid'
               console.log('ERR', err)
           else
             param[ namespace[0] ] = undefined
@@ -2405,7 +2405,7 @@ class App.ControllerForm extends App.Controller
               time.setMinutes( time.getMinutes() + time.getTimezoneOffset() )
               param[ namespace[0] ] = time.toISOString()
             catch err
-              param[ namespace[0] ] = null
+              param[ namespace[0] ] = 'invalid'
               console.log('ERR', err)
           else
             param[ namespace[0] ] = undefined

app/assets/javascripts/app/models/_application_model.js.coffee

@@ -139,13 +139,15 @@ class App.Model extends Spine.Model
             errors["#{attributeName}_confirm"] = ''
 
         # check datetime
-        if attribute.tag is 'datetime' && data['params'][attributeName] is null
+        if attribute.tag is 'datetime'
+          if data['params'][attributeName] is 'invalid'
             errors[attributeName] = 'invalid'
 
           # validate value
 
         # check date
-        if attribute.tag is 'date' && data['params'][attributeName] is null
+        if attribute.tag is 'date'
+          if data['params'][attributeName] is 'invalid'
             errors[attributeName] = 'invalid'
 
           # validate value

public/assets/tests/form-validation.js

@@ -243,14 +243,14 @@ test( "date validation check", function() {
   // check params
   params = App.ControllerForm.params( el )
   test_params = {
-    date1: null,
+    date1: 'invalid',
   }
   deepEqual( params, test_params, 'params check' )
 
   // check errors
   errors = form.validate(params)
   test_errors = {
-    date1: "invalid",
+    date1: 'invalid',
   }
   deepEqual( errors, test_errors, 'validation errors check' )
   App.ControllerForm.validate( { errors: errors, form: el } )