Support datetime-local form element.

ent/admin/handler.go

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mikestefanello/pagoda/ent/user"
 )
 
+const dateTimeFormat = "2006-01-02T15:04:05"
+
 type Handler struct {
 	client *ent.Client
 	Config HandlerConfig
@@ -175,7 +177,7 @@ func (h *Handler) PasswordTokenGet(ctx echo.Context, id int) (url.Values, error)
 
 	v := url.Values{}
 	v.Set("user_id", fmt.Sprint(entity.UserID))
-	v.Set("created_at", entity.CreatedAt.Format(time.RFC3339))
+	v.Set("created_at", entity.CreatedAt.Format(dateTimeFormat))
 	return v, err
 }
 
@@ -289,11 +291,19 @@ func (h *Handler) getPageAndOffset(ctx echo.Context) (int, int) {
 }
 
 func (h *Handler) bind(ctx echo.Context, entity any) error {
-	// Remove empty field values so Echo's bind does not fail when trying to parse things like
+	// Echo requires some pre-processing of form values to avoid problems.
-	// times, etc.
 	for k, v := range ctx.Request().Form {
+		// Remove empty field values so Echo's bind does not fail when trying to parse things like
+		// times, etc.
 		if len(v) == 1 && len(v[0]) == 0 {
 			delete(ctx.Request().Form, k)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Echo expects datetime values to be in a certain format but that does not align with the datetime-local
+		// HTML form element format, so we will attempt to convert it here.
+		if t, err := time.Parse(dateTimeFormat, v[0]); err == nil {
+			ctx.Request().Form[k][0] = t.Format(time.RFC3339)
 		}
 	}
 	return ctx.Bind(entity)

ent/admin/templates/handler.tmpl

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
         {{- end }}
     )
 
+    const dateTimeFormat = "2006-01-02T15:04:05"
+
     type Handler struct {
         client *{{ $pkg }}.Client
         Config HandlerConfig
@@ -215,7 +217,7 @@
                     {{- if eq $f.Type.String "string" }}
                         v.Set("{{ $f.Name }}", entity.{{ fieldName $f.Name }})
                     {{- else if eq $f.Type.String "time.Time" }}
-                        v.Set("{{ $f.Name }}", entity.{{ fieldName $f.Name }}.Format(time.RFC3339))
+                        v.Set("{{ $f.Name }}", entity.{{ fieldName $f.Name }}.Format(dateTimeFormat))
                     {{- else }}
                         v.Set("{{ $f.Name }}", fmt.Sprint(entity.{{ fieldName $f.Name }}))
                     {{- end }}
@@ -235,12 +237,20 @@
     }
 
     func (h *Handler) bind(ctx echo.Context, entity any) error {
-        // Remove empty field values so Echo's bind does not fail when trying to parse things like
+        // Echo requires some pre-processing of form values to avoid problems.
-        // times, etc.
         for k, v := range ctx.Request().Form {
+            // Remove empty field values so Echo's bind does not fail when trying to parse things like
+            // times, etc.
 			if len(v) == 1 && len(v[0]) == 0 {
 				delete(ctx.Request().Form, k)
+				continue
 			}
+
+			// Echo expects datetime values to be in a certain format but that does not align with the datetime-local
+			// HTML form element format, so we will attempt to convert it here.
+			if t, err := time.Parse(dateTimeFormat, v[0]); err == nil {
+                ctx.Request().Form[k][0] = t.Format(time.RFC3339)
+            }
 		}
 		return ctx.Bind(entity)
     }

pkg/ui/pages/entity.go

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
-	"time"
 
 	"entgo.io/ent/entc/gen"
 	"entgo.io/ent/entc/load"
@@ -88,12 +87,10 @@ func AdminEntityForm(ctx echo.Context, isNew bool, schema *load.Schema, values u
 			}
 			nodes = append(nodes, InputField(p))
 		case field.TypeTime:
-			// todo make this easier
 			nodes = append(nodes, InputField(InputFieldParams{
 				Name:      f.Name,
-				InputType: "text",
+				InputType: "datetime-local",
 				Label:     admin.FieldLabel(f.Name),
-				Help:      fmt.Sprintf("Use the following format: %s", time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339)),
 				Value:     getValue(f.Name),
 			}))
 		case field.TypeInt, field.TypeInt8, field.TypeInt16, field.TypeInt32, field.TypeInt64,
@@ -179,7 +176,7 @@ func AdminEntityList(ctx echo.Context, params AdminEntityListParams) error {
 					r.Path(routenames.AdminEntityEdit(params.EntityType.Name), row.ID),
 					"is-link",
 					"Edit",
-				),
+				), // todo make this easier
 			),
 			Td(
 				ButtonLink(r.Path(routenames.AdminEntityDelete(params.EntityType.Name), row.ID),
@@ -210,7 +207,7 @@ func AdminEntityList(ctx echo.Context, params AdminEntityListParams) error {
 	return r.Render(layouts.Admin, Group{
 		ButtonLink(
 			r.Path(routenames.AdminEntityAdd(params.EntityType.Name)),
-			"is-link",
+			"is-primary",
 			fmt.Sprintf("Add %s", params.EntityType.Name),
 		),
 		Table(