input[date] should be more flexible in accepting initial values (v1.3.0-beta.5)

[marshall007]

Possibly related to #757

Currently the initial value of ngModel must either be a Date object or a ISO-8601 date (yyyy-MM-dd) formatted string. However, the typical JSON representation of dates is 2014-04-09T00:00:00.000Z. When fetching remote data, the user is forced to manually convert any such properties to Date objects before they can be used as the model.

When the initial ngModel value is a string, I think it makes sense for input[date] to handle the conversion to a Date object (and perhaps truncate the time portion).

[ilanbiala]

Agreed, I think that Angular's good abilities lie in its flexibility. I'd be willing to submit a PR if a collaborator is supportive of this.

[elkelk]

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[ograycode]

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[aviram83]

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Also the needs to set init value as date format in the controller destroy the use of ng-repeat