Persist the scenario date in ISO-8601 format.

vasl_templates/webapp/static/snippets.js

@@ -511,7 +511,12 @@ function do_load_scenario_data( params )
     var params_loaded = {} ;
     var unknown_vo = [] ;
     var set_param = function( $elem, key ) {
-        $elem.val( params[key] ) ;
+        if ( key === "SCENARIO_DATE" ) {
+            var scenario_date = $.datepicker.parseDate( "yy-mm-dd", params[key] ) ;
+            $elem.datepicker( "setDate", scenario_date ) ;
+        }
+        else
+            $elem.val( params[key] ) ;
         if ( $elem[0].nodeName.toLowerCase() === "select" )
             $elem.selectmenu( "refresh" ) ;
         params_loaded[key] = true ;
@@ -679,6 +684,11 @@ function unload_params_for_save()
     extract_vo_names( "VEHICLES_2" ) ;
     extract_vo_names( "ORDNANCE_2" ) ;
 
+    // save the scenario date in ISO-8601 format
+    var scenario_date = $("input[name='SCENARIO_DATE']").datepicker( "getDate" ) ;
+    if ( scenario_date )
+        params.SCENARIO_DATE = scenario_date.toISOString().substring( 0, 10 ) ;
+
     return params ;
 }
 

vasl_templates/webapp/tests/fixtures/new-default-scenario.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 "SCENARIO_NAME": "default scenario name",
 "SCENARIO_LOCATION": "default location",
-"SCENARIO_DATE": "01/01/2000",
+"SCENARIO_DATE": "2000-12-25",
 "SCENARIO_WIDTH": "1px",
 
 "PLAYER_1": "american",

vasl_templates/webapp/tests/test_default_scenario.py

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def test_default_scenario( webapp, webdriver, monkeypatch ):
     # check the scenario fields
     check_textbox( "SCENARIO_NAME", "default scenario name" )
     check_textbox( "SCENARIO_LOCATION", "default location" )
-    check_textbox( "SCENARIO_DATE", "01/01/2000" )
+    check_textbox( "SCENARIO_DATE", "12/25/2000" )
     check_textbox( "SCENARIO_WIDTH", "1px" )
 
     # check the player fields

vasl_templates/webapp/tests/test_scenario_persistence.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import json
 import itertools
+import re
 
 from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import Select
 
@@ -111,6 +112,8 @@ def test_scenario_persistence( webapp, webdriver ): #pylint: disable=too-many-st
     expected = {
         k.upper(): v for tab in SCENARIO_PARAMS.values() for k,v in tab.items()
     }
+    mo = re.search( r"^(\d{2})/(\d{2})/(\d{4})$", expected["SCENARIO_DATE"] )
+    expected["SCENARIO_DATE"] = "{}-{}-{}".format( mo.group(3), mo.group(1), mo.group(2) ) # nb: convert from ISO-8601
     assert saved_scenario == expected
 
     # make sure that our list of scenario parameters is correct