From ecf9c0adb47160d590d628360e9ccbd8ce3ee0c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Chambers <mistyn8@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 10:13:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update datepickerController to add onValueChanged function

adding onValueChanged method to capture serverside Model Changes, clearing flag using c# System.DateTime.MinValue.
---
 .../datepicker/datepicker.controller.js          | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/datepicker/datepicker.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/datepicker/datepicker.controller.js
index 1e0493e8f1..70c6bb4531 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/datepicker/datepicker.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/datepicker/datepicker.controller.js
@@ -38,6 +38,22 @@ function dateTimePickerController($scope, notificationsService, assetsService, a
     };
     $(document).bind("click", $scope.hidePicker);
 
+    //here we declare a special method which will be called whenever the value has changed from the server
+    //this is instead of doing a watch on the model.value = faster
+    $scope.model.onValueChanged = function (newVal, oldVal) {
+        if (newVal != oldVal) {
+            //check for c# System.DateTime.MinValue being passed as the clear indicator
+            var minDate = moment('0001-01-01');
+            var newDate = moment(newVal);
+
+            if (newDate.isAfter(minDate)) {
+                applyDate({ date: moment(newVal) });
+            } else {
+                $scope.clearDate();
+            }
+        }
+    };
+    
     //handles the date changing via the api
     function applyDate(e) {
         angularHelper.safeApply($scope, function() {