Patch: DateTimePicker defaultDate requires database timestamp format

Author: xaviqv

src/Controllers/TicketsController.php

@@ -803,25 +803,29 @@ public function search_form($parameters = null)
 						}elseif(in_array($key, $this->a_search_fields_date)){
 							// Decode strings in URL
 							$date = urldecode($param);
+
+							// Reset Carbon instance
+							unset($carbon_instance);
 
 							if (ctype_digit($date) and strlen($date) == 4){
 								// Create a formatted date from year
-								$search_fields[$key] = Carbon::createFromFormat('Y', $date)->startOfYear()->format(trans('panichd::lang.datetime-format')); 
+								$carbon_instance = Carbon::createFromFormat('Y', $date)->startOfYear();
+								$search_fields[$key] = $carbon_instance->format(trans('panichd::lang.datetime-format')); 
 
 								// Specify date type if it's not set
 								if (!isset($search_fields[$key . '_type'])) $search_fields[$key . '_type'] = 'exact_year';
 
 							}else{
 								try {
 									// Check if it's a full and formatted date time string
-									Carbon::createFromFormat(trans('panichd::lang.datetime-format'), $date);
-									$search_fields[$key] = $date;
+									$carbon_instance = Carbon::createFromFormat(trans('panichd::lang.datetime-format'), $date);
+									$search_fields[$key] = $carbon_instance->format(trans('panichd::lang.datetime-format'));
 
 								} catch (\Exception $e) {
 									try {
 										// Check if it's a date string
-										$datetime = Carbon::createFromFormat(trans('panichd::lang.date-format'), $date)->startOfDay()->format(trans('panichd::lang.datetime-format'));
-										$search_fields[$key] = $datetime;
+										$carbon_instance = Carbon::createFromFormat(trans('panichd::lang.date-format'), $date)->startOfDay();
+										$search_fields[$key] = $carbon_instance->format(trans('panichd::lang.datetime-format'));
 										if (!isset($search_fields[$key . '_type'])) $search_fields[$key . '_type'] = 'exact_day';
 
 									}catch (\Exception $e) {
@@ -830,6 +834,11 @@ public function search_form($parameters = null)
 								}
 							}
 
+							if (isset($carbon_instance)){
+								// Pass DateTimeString for javascript DateTimePicker
+								$search_fields['timestamp_' . $key] = $carbon_instance->toDateTimeString();
+							}
+
 						}elseif(in_array(str_replace('_type', '', $key), $this->a_search_fields_date) and in_array($param, $this->a_search_fields_date_types)){
 							// Get date field related type
 							$search_fields[$key] = $param;

src/Views/tickets/partials/form_scripts.blade.php

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
         @if (isset($ticket) && $a_current['start_date'] != "")
             defaultDate: "{{ $a_current['start_date'] }}",
 
-        @elseif(isset($search_fields['start_date']))
-            defaultDate: "{{ $search_fields['start_date'] }}",
+        @elseif(isset($search_fields['timestamp_start_date']))
+            defaultDate: "{{ $search_fields['timestamp_start_date'] }}",
         @endif
         keyBinds: { 'delete':null, 'left':null, 'right':null }
     });
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
         @if (isset($ticket) && $a_current['limit_date'] != "")
             defaultDate: "{{ $a_current['limit_date'] }}",
         
-        @elseif(isset($search_fields['limit_date']))
-            defaultDate: "{{ $search_fields['limit_date'] }}",
+        @elseif(isset($search_fields['timestamp_limit_date']))
+            defaultDate: "{{ $search_fields['timestamp_limit_date'] }}",
         @endif
         keyBinds: { 'delete':null, 'left':null, 'right':null },
         useCurrent: false