Fix for Date and Int datatypes having new editors in MVC4

Web/Controllers/CreateLogController.cs

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ namespace MileageTraker.Web.Controllers
 				LogType = logType,
 				EmployeeName = name,
 				VehicleId = vehicleId,
-				Date = DateTime.Today.ToShortDateString()
+				Date = DateTime.Today
 			};
 		}
 

Web/ViewModels/ConfirmCreateLogViewModel.cs

@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ namespace MileageTraker.Web.ViewModels
 		{
 			Mapper.Map(createLogViewModel, this);
 
-			DateHowLongAgo = (DateTime.Today - DateTime.Parse(Date)).ToVerboseStringHistoric();
+			DateHowLongAgo = (DateTime.Today - Date).ToVerboseStringHistoric();
 
 			var dataService = new DataService();
 
 			var endOdometer = int.Parse(createLogViewModel.EndOdometer);
-			var date = DateTime.Parse(createLogViewModel.Date);
+			var date = createLogViewModel.Date;
 
 			var previousLog = dataService.SearchPreviousLog(endOdometer, createLogViewModel.VehicleId, date, DateTime.Now);
 			if (previousLog != null)

Web/ViewModels/CreateLogViewModel.cs

@@ -54,14 +54,12 @@ namespace MileageTraker.Web.ViewModels
 
 		[Required(ErrorMessage = "Required")]
 		[DataType(DataType.Date)]
-		[DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = "{0:MM/dd/yyyy}", ApplyFormatInEditMode = true)]
-		[RegularExpression(@"([1-9]|0[1-9]|1[012])[- /.]?([1-9]|0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])[- /.]?20\d{2}",
-			ErrorMessage = "Format is mm/dd/yyyy")]
+		[DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = @"{0:MM/dd/yyyy}", ApplyFormatInEditMode = true)]
 		[DenyFutureDate(ErrorMessage = "Future date")]
 		[DenyPreviousMonthDate(ErrorMessage = "Previous Month")]
 		[FormatHint("mm/dd/yyyy")]
 		[InputSize("small")]
-		public string Date { get; set; }
+		public DateTime Date { get; set; }
 
 		static CreateLogViewModel()
 		{
@@ -102,7 +100,7 @@ namespace MileageTraker.Web.ViewModels
 			try
 			{
 				var dataService = new DataService();
-				dataService.ValidateOdometerChronology(VehicleId, int.Parse(EndOdometer), DateTime.Parse(Date));
+				dataService.ValidateOdometerChronology(VehicleId, int.Parse(EndOdometer), Date);
 			}
 			catch (Exception ex)
 			{

Web/Views/CreateLog/Confirm.cshtml

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
                 @Html.DisplayNameFor(m => m.Date)
             </dt>
             <dd>
-                @Html.DisplayTextFor(m => m.Date) 
+                @Html.Encode(Model.Date.ToShortDateString()) 
                 <small class="muted">(@Html.DisplayTextFor(m => m.DateHowLongAgo))</small>
             </dd>
         </dl>

Web/Views/CreateLog/Success.cshtml

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
     <p>
         You've successfully created an entry
         for <strong>@Html.DisplayTextFor(m => m.EmployeeName)</strong>
-        traveling to <strong>@Html.DisplayTextFor(m => m.CityName)</strong>
-        on <strong>@Html.DisplayTextFor(m => m.Date)</strong>
+        traveling to <strong>@Html.DisplayTextFor(m => m.CityName)</strong>  
+        on <strong>@Html.Encode(Model.Date.ToShortDateString())</strong>
         in Vehicle Id <strong>@Html.DisplayTextFor(m => m.VehicleId)</strong>
     </p>
     <p>

Web/Views/Shared/DisplayTemplates/Date.cshtml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+@model DateTime
+@{
+	Layout = "~/Views/Shared/DisplayTemplates/_FieldLayout.cshtml";
+}
+@Html.Encode(string.Format(ViewData.ModelMetadata.DisplayFormatString, Model))

Web/Views/Shared/DisplayTemplates/String.cshtml

@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 @{
 	Layout = "~/Views/Shared/DisplayTemplates/_FieldLayout.cshtml";
 }
-@Html.Encode(Model)
+@if (Model == null) 
+{
+    @Html.Encode(@ViewData.ModelMetadata.NullDisplayText)
+}
+else
+{
+    @Html.Encode(Model)
+}

Web/Views/Shared/EditorTemplates/Date.cshtml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+@model DateTime
+@{
+    Layout = "~/Views/Shared/EditorTemplates/_FieldLayout.cshtml";
+    var inputSize = (string)ViewData.ModelMetadata.AdditionalValues["InputSize"];
+}
+@if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(inputSize))
+{
+    @Html.TextBox("", (Model != DateTime.MinValue ? Model.ToShortDateString() : string.Empty ), new { @class = inputSize})
+}
+else
+{
+    @Html.TextBox("", (Model != DateTime.MinValue ? Model.ToShortDateString() : string.Empty ))
+}

Web/Views/Shared/EditorTemplates/DateTime.cshtml

@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 @model DateTime
 @{
     Layout = "~/Views/Shared/EditorTemplates/_FieldLayout.cshtml";
+    var inputSize = (string)ViewData.ModelMetadata.AdditionalValues["InputSize"];
+}
+@if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(inputSize))
+{
+    @Html.TextBox("", (Model != DateTime.MinValue ? Model.ToShortDateString() : string.Empty ), new { @class = inputSize})
+}
+else
+{
+    @Html.TextBox("", (Model != DateTime.MinValue ? Model.ToShortDateString() : string.Empty ))
 }
-@Html.TextBox("", (Model != DateTime.MinValue ? Model.ToShortDateString() : string.Empty ))

Web/Views/Shared/EditorTemplates/Int32.cshtml

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+@{
+    Layout = "~/Views/Shared/EditorTemplates/_FieldLayout.cshtml";
+    var inputSize = (string)ViewData.ModelMetadata.AdditionalValues["InputSize"];
+}
+@if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(inputSize))
+{
+    @Html.TextBox("", ViewData.TemplateInfo.FormattedModelValue, new { @class = inputSize})
+}
+else
+{
+    @Html.TextBox("", ViewData.TemplateInfo.FormattedModelValue)
+}

Web/Web.csproj

@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@
     <Content Include="Views\Web.config" />
     <Content Include="Views\Log\BackToLogs.cshtml" />
     <Content Include="Views\Vehicle\BackToVehicles.cshtml" />
+    <Content Include="Views\Shared\EditorTemplates\Date.cshtml" />
+    <Content Include="Views\Shared\DisplayTemplates\Date.cshtml" />
+    <Content Include="Views\Shared\EditorTemplates\Int32.cshtml" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Content Include="packages.config" />