How can I create a date-type custom field

[Felipe Reis]

Hello!

I want to create a calculated date type custom field, and I need it to be placed under the "Dates" section on the view issue screen. (same section where the created, updated and resolved dates are).

I have successfuly created the new custom field type, however it is placed on the Details section...

Cheers!

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist] · Accepted solution]

Make sure your custom field implement DateField interface.

[Felipe Reis]

Great tip Jobin!

The value is not formatted though.

It is displaying

2012-12-19 14:19:57.492

Instead of

Today 2:19 PM

Do you know how to fix this?

Cheers!

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]]

I think it is how you display in the view template. The default date fields uses:

$datePickerFormatter.format($value)

[Felipe Reis]

this datePickerFormatter object should be provided by me from my Custom Field class?

when I use the view-datetime.vm the value no longer appears on the screen, and I get $datePickerFormatter.format($value) is not a valid reference. on my log.

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]]

Yes, you will need to add DateTimeFormatter in the context.

[Felipe Reis]

Thanks again Jobin!

I've added the DateTimeFormatter in the map, together with a SimpleDateFormatter under the "titleFormatter" key and "iso8601Formatter", and my screen worked as expected.

SimpleDateFormat formatoSimples = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MMM/yy h:mm a");
		
		map.put("datePickerFormatter", dateTimeFormatter);
		map.put("iso8601Formatter", dateTimeFormatter);
		map.put("titleFormatter", formatoSimples);