test(dateParser): test for reserved symbols

Author: mgcrea

src/helpers/date-parser.js

@@ -278,15 +278,10 @@ angular.module('mgcrea.ngStrap.helpers.dateParser', [])
         for(var i = 0; i < dateElements.length; i++) {
           re = re.split('${' + i + '}').join('(' + regExpMap[dateElements[i]] + ')');
         }
-        re = escapeReservedSymbols(re);
 
         return new RegExp('^' + re + '$', ['i']);
       }
 
-      function escapeReservedSymbols(text) {
-        return text.replace(/\//g, '[\\/]').replace('/-/g', '[-]').replace(/\./g, '[.]').replace(/\\s/g, '[\\s]');
-      }
-
       function setMapForFormat(format) {
         var re = buildDateAbstractRegex(format);
         return buildDateParseValuesMap(re);

src/helpers/test/date-parser.spec.js

@@ -423,5 +423,19 @@ describe('dateParser', function() {
       ]);
     });
 
+    describe('format with reserved symbols', function() {
+      beforeEach(function() {
+        parser = $dateParser({format: 'EEEE.d.y'});
+      });
+
+      it('should validate date with reserved symbols', function() {
+        expect(parser.isValid('Wednesday.01/2014')).toBe(true);
+      });
+
+      generateTestCasesForParsing([
+        {val: 'Wednesday.01/2014', expect: new Date(2014, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0), reason: 'format string with escaped literal'}
+      ]);
+    });
+
   });
 });