Peter Crowther wrote:
> Most resources with deadlines accept invalid dates when a user modifies
> the resource. They blank the date and alert the user. This seems to be
> acceptable behaviour.
>
> MCQ deadlines behave differently - if the deadline contains an invalid
> date, no changes are saved and the user is prompted to press Back and
> review the form.
>
> I'd like to change the behaviour of the MCQ deadline to match the other
> dates. Any objections?
I prefer the MCQ model.
If the date field contains anything and it can't be parsed into a date
shouldn't it warn the user and fail to save the form? Users are rather
good at not reading error messages correctly or at all.
If the field is empty (or set to "none"?) then we just ignore the date.
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