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ABAP DATS and TIMS strings in the view: the conversion in both directions, including what an initial 00000000 has to become.
Z2UI5_CL_SMP_APP_450
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UI5 1.71
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- abap2UI5/samples
- Class
Z2UI5_CL_SMP_APP_450- Source file
z2ui5_cl_smp_app_450.clas.abap↗- Category
- Formatter
- Learning path
- Get your data on screen
- Minimum UI5
- 1.71 — the floor abap2UI5 holds its samples to
- In the playground
- runs in the browser, with no system and nothing installed
- Documentation
- abap2ui5.github.io/docs/cookbook/model/formatter ↗
Keywords: dats, tims, conversion, initial, date, 00000000, sy-datum
Controls it builds
- sap.m.DatePicker
- sap.m.DateTimePicker
- sap.m.Label
- sap.m.MessageStrip
- sap.m.Page
- sap.m.Shell
- sap.ui.core.mvc.View
- sap.ui.layout.form.SimpleForm
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" @keywords dats tims conversion initial date 00000000 sy-datum
" @summary ABAP DATS and TIMS strings in the view: the conversion in both directions, including what an initial 00000000 has to become.
" @docs https://abap2ui5.github.io/docs/cookbook/model/formatter
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smp_app_450 DEFINITION PUBLIC.
PUBLIC SECTION.
INTERFACES z2ui5_if_app.
DATA dats TYPE string.
DATA tims TYPE string.
DATA dats_initial TYPE string.
PROTECTED SECTION.
DATA client TYPE REF TO z2ui5_if_client.
METHODS view_display.
PRIVATE SECTION.
ENDCLASS.
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smp_app_450 IMPLEMENTATION.
METHOD z2ui5_if_app~main.
me->client = client.
IF client->check_on_init( ).
" the 8/6-character forms an ABAP DATS/TIMS value has when it travels
" as a string (a CHAR(8) key, a legacy structure field). A field typed
" d or t is serialized as ISO by the framework and needs
" Formatter.DateCreateObject instead - see sample 457
dats = `20260720`.
tims = `134501`.
dats_initial = `00000000`.
view_display( ).
ELSEIF client->check_on_navigated( ).
view_display( ).
ENDIF.
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD view_display.
DATA(view) = z2ui5_cl_ui5_view_builder=>factory(
)->ele( n = `View` ns = `mvc`
)->a( n = `displayBlock` v = `true`
)->a( n = `height` v = `100%`
)->a( n = `xmlns` v = `sap.m`
)->a( n = `xmlns:mvc` v = `sap.ui.core.mvc`
)->a( n = `xmlns:core` v = `sap.ui.core`
)->a( n = `xmlns:form` v = `sap.ui.layout.form` ).
" require the framework's curated formatter module into the view, like an
" original UI5 app requires its model/formatter. DateAbapDateToDateObject
" and DateAbapDateTimeToDateObject turn the ABAP date strings into the
" real JS Date that an object-typed property (dateValue) demands - JSON
" has no date type, so this is the one conversion the backend cannot do.
view->a( n = `core:require` v = `{Formatter: 'z2ui5/model/formatter'}` ).
DATA(page) = view->ele( `Shell`
)->ele( `Page`
)->a( n = `title` v = `abap2UI5 - Formatter - ABAP Date and Time Strings (DATS/TIMS)`
)->a( n = `showNavButton` b = client->check_app_prev_stack( )
)->a( n = `navButtonPress` v = client->_event_nav_app_leave( ) ).
page->tag( `MessageStrip`
)->a( n = `text` v = `The model carries the plain ABAP strings 20260720 / 134501; the curated formatter ` &&
`converts them at the binding. An initial DATS (00000000) yields null, so the field ` &&
`stays empty instead of rendering a wrong 1899 date.`
)->a( n = `type` v = `Information`
)->a( n = `showIcon` b = abap_true
)->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiSmallMargin` ).
" the paths must come from a bind call - a hardcoded path is never
" registered in the model and the frontend receives no data for it
page->ele( n = `SimpleForm` ns = `form`
)->a( n = `title` v = `DATS / TIMS strings as date objects`
)->a( n = `editable` b = abap_true
)->ele( n = `content` ns = `form`
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `DATS 20260720`
)->tag( `DatePicker`
)->a( n = `displayFormat` v = `long`
)->a( n = `dateValue` v = |\{ path: '{ client->_bind( val = dats path = abap_true ) }', | &&
|formatter: 'Formatter.DateAbapDateToDateObject' \}|
)->a( n = `editable` b = abap_false
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `DATS 00000000 (initial)`
)->tag( `DatePicker`
)->a( n = `displayFormat` v = `long`
)->a( n = `placeholder` v = `no date`
)->a( n = `dateValue` v = |\{ path: '{ client->_bind( val = dats_initial path = abap_true ) }', | &&
|formatter: 'Formatter.DateAbapDateToDateObject' \}|
)->a( n = `editable` b = abap_false
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `DATS 20260720 + TIMS 134501`
)->ele( `DateTimePicker`
)->a( n = `editable` v = `false`
)->a( n = `dateValue` v = |\{ parts: [\{path: '{ client->_bind( val = dats path = abap_true ) }'\}, | &&
|\{path: '{ client->_bind( val = tims path = abap_true ) }'\}], | &&
|formatter: 'Formatter.DateAbapDateTimeToDateObject' \}| ).
client->view_display( view->stringify( ) ).
ENDMETHOD.
ENDCLASS.
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