Dates showing up garbled if no time entered

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#1

Hello!

I have encountered a bug when I enter a date on dynalist, using an !. If I enter a time with the date, it works perfectly. But if I don’t enter a time, but just a date, I get garbled text. Could you fix this?

Environment

Which operating system are you using? - windows 10
Which browser are you using? - Opera, but it does the same thing on Chrome
If you’re using a desktop or mobile app, what’s the version number of Dynalist? I’m using the web version. But it has the same error on the app.
Are you using any third-party scripts for Dynalist, e.g. PowerPack? n o.

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#2

I go to chrome. I type !. Date picker pops up. I click a date. I click done. I see

  • !(2021-12-16)

What is different for you?

#3

Yes, that’s how it looks if and only if you hover over that line. But if you are on a different line, one of two things happens: (1) if you enter a date AND time, it looks like this: Calendar icon followed by “In 2 days, 9 am.”; (2) BUT if you enter just a date and no time (i.e., !(2021-12-16)), it looks like this: calendar icon followed by “g1r239@g0ami12/16/21.co).”

The latter is an error.

#4

And – I have more data! – this error doesn’t happen if I hand type the !(2021-12-16). It only happens if I type in the !, and then pick the date from the calendar that pops up, and leave the time as “all day,” without specifying a specific time.

#5

And, relentless experimenter that I am, I have more data still.

This generates that garbled text: !(2021-12-15)

This generates the correct text: !(2021-12-15 )

#6

Open an incognito windows in Chrome and log in to dynalist and see if it still happens.

This would tell you if an extension is responsible.

#7

Yes, it happens in incognito chrome. It happens in regular chrome. It happens in Opera, which is the browser I use for Dynalist generally. It’s a bug.

#8

I found the problem and fixed it. (There is a box on pro settings that lets you change the way dates appear without times. Oddly, some garbled text got in there.)

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