Enable dateFormats in "create_record()" and "edit_record()".

[DonPasquale]

Enable dateFormats in "create_record()" and "edit_record()".

This would complement the way dateFormats can be specified in get_record() and get_records().

For reference see options here:
https://help.claris.com/en/data-api-guide/content/edit-record.html
https://help.claris.com/en/data-api-guide/content/create-record.html

[davidhamann]

Thanks for the PR. Looks good to me.

One question, though: Do you happen to know when this option (for creating/editing) was added to the DAPI?

We have this note in our docs for get_record, etc.:

Note that dates should always be sent in the US format when creating or editing a record.

This came from this commit: 11e0273 (maybe @LeJeko remembers?)

I wonder if there were issues with older server versions not accepting the dateformats? Then we could also update/mention it in the docs.

[DonPasquale]

Did not know beforehand, I was just looking at the current documentation.

A quick search reveals that this feature was apparently introduced with FileMaker Server 21 (2024). It is mentioneed in the documentation here:

https://help.claris.com/archive/fm21/en/data-api-guide/content/create-record.html

It was not mentioned in previous documentation, e.g., for v19 or v20 (2023):

https://help.claris.com/archive/fm19/en/data-api-guide/content/create-record.html
https://help.claris.com/archive/fm20/en/data-api-guide/content/create-record.html

Albeit, this seems to apply to 'Get a single record' and 'Get a range of records' as well, at least if we only look at the docs.

I would have expected a bump in version number with this change, but unfortunately I am not able to test against different server versions currently.

[davidhamann]

Thanks for checking. I'll see if I can set up an older server for testing. Will report back (hopefully until EOY) and then merge.