HLP courses are not in the app

[gabriellesc]

Port of TAPP issue #175: uoft-tapp/tapp#175

@reidka:

The HLP courses appear in the JSON file exported from CHASS, but do not appear in the app after import.

For example, the following appears in the JSON, but I don't see the course anywhere in the app.

        {
            "course_id": "HLP101H1",
            "course_name": "Help Centre TA",
            "round_id": "110",
            "enrollment": "N/A",
            "n_positions": "6",

@gabriellesc:

Would it be possible for @alynch to change the dates input fields in CHASS to date inputs, or something equivalent such that the dates are always in a consistent format?

@reidka:

Maybe. We can ask.

@alynch:

The JSON file has date/time fields of the form:
"last_updated": "2017-07-31 23:57:09"

which is valid ISO_8601 format [1]. What format would you prefer?

[1] (a) The separator between date and time is normally 'T', but it's allowed to omit it by agreement between the parties. (b) We are not using a time zone designator.

@reidka:

Hi @alynch, the field in question sis the "dates" field in the courses. It is a text box in the application, and I filled it in (at least) two different ways.

@alynch:

Oh, sorry, my misunderstanding. Unfortunately the 'dates' field is a text field that departments use to indicate the duration of the appointment, and sometimes they use the field to add extra details. It would be quite a bit of work to convert it to two date fields (and a extra text field for extra info).

@gabriellesc:

@alynch would it be possible to add helptext and/or formatting validation to the field to suggest and/or enforce that the data is entered in a fixed format - while still allowing additional text? For example:

<input type="text" placeholder="dd/mm/yy - dd/mm/yy" pattern="[0-9]{2}/[0-9]{2}/[0-9]{2} - [0-9]{2}/[0-9]{2}/[0-9]{2}.*" />

which would enforce the date format "dd/mm/yy - dd/mm/yy" but allow as much subsequent additional text as desired?