Getting missmatch in datetime format using jms serializer and ISO8601

Question

I am getting this message:

Invalid datetime "2017-11-07T19:46:57.118Z", expected format Y-m-d\\TH:i:sP.

When using JMS Serializer and the config:

jms_serializer:
    handlers:
        datetime:
            default_format: 'Y-m-d\\TH:i:sP'

I think that my supplied date is in the correct format, but apparently not. Is it something that is wrong with the date?

Naphthalene

The date doc say one slash. Have you try it? Y-m-d\TH:i:sP' – Nagpur

Yes, with the same result – Naphthalene

The format problem seems to be from .118 . it seems to be microsecond – Nagpur

Have you tried with default_format: "c" ? – Villainage

I tried c, but that did not solve it. About the microseconds, is that in the ISO8601 or not? – Naphthalene

Answer 1

This is a tough one, I've run into it before. I was using annotations so my fix looked like:

 @Serializer\Type("DateTime<'Y-m-d\TH:i:s.uT'>")

So I'm guessing yours is going to look like:

jms_serializer:
    handlers:
        datetime:
            default_format: 'Y-m-d\TH:i:s.uT'

Or you may have to add another slash in there before "TH" if jms reads yaml files differently than annotations.

Can't remember exactly why this happens, I just remember trying a hundred different combinations until one worked. At any rate, dates and times are hard.

Mcinnis

Great. Glad I could help. Yeah, this is a tough one. That error message is misleading. – Mcinnis

Answer 2

jms_serializer:
handlers:
    datetime:
        default_format: 'Y-m-d\TH:i:s.uP'

Use 'Y-m-d\TH:i:s.uP' if you want to serialize/deserialize joda DateTime

(using joda DateTimeConverter on the client)

Amyamyas