Fix date issues when user inputs: date out of bound or date_to earlier than date_from

docs/Changelog.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 1.5.0 (unreleased)
 ------------------
 
+- #33 Fix date issues when user inputs: date out of bound or date_to earlier than date_from
 - #35 Allow to query Auto Import Log type
 
 

src/senaite/databox/behaviors/databox.py

@@ -163,11 +163,11 @@ def query(self):
             query["sort_order"] = self.sort_order
 
         if self.date_index:
-            date_from = self.date_from or DateTime("2000-01-01")
-            date_to = self.date_to or DateTime()
+            date_from = DateTime(self.date_from or "2000-01-01")
+            date_to = DateTime(self.date_to) if self.date_to else DateTime()
             # always make the to_date inclusive
             query[self.date_index] = {
-                "query": (DateTime(date_from), DateTime(date_to) + 1),
+                "query": (date_from, (date_to if date_from <= date_to else date_from) + 1),
                 "range": "minmax"
             }
 

src/senaite/databox/browser/templates/databox_controls.pt

@@ -145,8 +145,7 @@
               </div>
               <input type="date"
                      class="form-control"
-                     tal:define="date_from here/date_from"
-                     tal:attributes="value python:date_from and date_from.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')"
+                     tal:attributes="value python:view.date_from"
                      name="senaite.databox.date_from">
             </div>
           </div>
@@ -161,7 +160,7 @@
               <input type="date"
                      class="form-control"
                      tal:define="date_to here/date_to"
-                     tal:attributes="value python:date_to and date_to.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')"
+                     tal:attributes="value python:view.date_to"
                      name="senaite.databox.date_to">
             </div>
           </div>

src/senaite/databox/browser/view.py

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 from Products.Five.browser.pagetemplatefile import ViewPageTemplateFile
 from senaite.app.listing.view import ListingView
 from senaite.app.supermodel.model import SuperModel
+from senaite.core.api import dtime
 from senaite.databox import logger
 from senaite.databox.behaviors.databox import IDataBoxBehavior
 from senaite.databox.interfaces import IFieldConverter
@@ -198,6 +199,20 @@ def databox(self):
     def catalog(self):
         return self.databox.get_query_catalog()
 
+    @property
+    def date_from(self):
+        if not self.context.date_from:
+            return ""
+        return dtime.date_to_string(self.context.date_from)
+
+    @property
+    def date_to(self):
+        if not self.context.date_to:
+            return ""
+        if self.context.date_from and self.context.date_to < self.context.date_from:
+            return dtime.date_to_string(self.context.date_from)
+        return dtime.date_to_string(self.context.date_to)
+
     @view.memoize
     def get_query_types(self):
         """Returns the `query_types` list of the context as JSON