How do I get "<time datetime="2019-01-01"/>" working in my confluence xhtml macro?

[Marcel Ortlieb]

I defiened a very basic xhtml macro for setting a date value which I want to be converted to date picker storage format (resp. date lozenge).

xhtml macro definition:

<xhtml-macro name="helloworld" class="com.atlassian.tutorial.anotherNewPlugin.macro.helloworld" key='helloworld-macro' hide-body="true">
    <description key="helloworld.macro.desc"/>
    <category name="formatting"/>
    <parameters>
        <parameter name="Date" type="string"/>
    </parameters>
</xhtml-macro>

helloworld.java

public class helloworld implements Macro {

    public String execute(Map<String, String> map, String s, ConversionContext conversionContext) throws MacroExecutionException {

        String date;
        String result = "";

        if (map.get("Date") != null) {
            date = map.get("Date");
            result = "<time datetime=\"" + date + "\"></time>";
        }

        return result;

    }

    public BodyType getBodyType() { return BodyType.NONE; }

    public OutputType getOutputType() { return OutputType.BLOCK; }

}

I would expect this:

But I get this:

Inspecting html source shows this:

<p>
   <time datetime="2019-04-04" class="conf-macro output-block" data-hasbody="false" data-macro-name="helloworld"> </time>
</p>

Can anybody please give me a hint what I am doing wrong?

[Diego]

Hello there!

Marcel, I took your HTML source for the picker and applied it to one of my local pages using the source editor:

Source Editor

After hitting apply, Confluence automatically changes the input to this:

<p>
<time datetime="2019-04-04"/>
</p>

And then the date picker is correctly shown.

You might need to check what and when this is being passed to Connie:

class="conf-macro output-block" data-hasbody="false" data-macro-name="helloworld"

Since this is excluded form the final result with the Source editor, I would imagine that this is what is breaking the date picker when you display it.

This could be hidden in what is returned by

map.get("Date");

Which is the value given to your date variable which is then concatenated with result and returned by your method.

Hopes this helps Marcel! Looking forward to your reply.