Discussion: New DateTime GetValue IContent

[Lantzify]

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Discussion

What article/section is this about?

Date Only

Time Only

Date Time (with Time Zone)

Date Time (Unspecified)

Describe the issue

Great examples when setting the values programmatically. But if you want to get the value of new DateTime pickers from an IContent you would need to get the raw value and then parse it. I thought you could just type it directly. But no. I spend way more time than I want to admit trying to figure why I got null instead of the actual date. Then I came across this issue: #21992

I am thinking that adding how to get values might be an good idea?

[sofietoft]

Thanks for reporting this @Lantzify !

I think it would be a good idea to add this kind of information to the docs.
Instead of adding to each of the article you've mentioned there, perhaps a better fit would be in the Content Service article under Using Services. What do you think?

[Lantzify]

Hello @sofietoft !
Sorry for the late reply!

Ahh! So you're thinking having a text saying something like:
"working with IContent, the property value converters that convert the JSON values are not operating"

Instead of having examples for each article. Hmm, I like that! Although, I think I might be worth adding an example either-way 🤔

[sofietoft]

I'm mostly concerned about the amount of code samples we'll need to maintain here 🤔

How about we add a simple, some-what general code sample to the Content Services article, and then ensure we reference the property editor articles.
This is of course, assuming that the process for doing this is similar for each property 😅

[Lantzify]

Ahhh, that's true.. Then not having an code example would probably be the safest here? 🤔
So if we add some more detailed text on Content Service article and then just have a disclaimer on each the date article that references the Content Service article would perhaps be the ideal here?

Because reading that the different dates are stored as JSON. Might not make it clear to the reader that when working with IContent the "property value converter" is needed here. (Maybe because they are used to the old date that stored it as a regular date)