From 39ec742d425058eb80909c410f3ab8570d7dc47b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock@okfn.org>
Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 18:42:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [view/flot][xs]: cast dates to strings before attempting to
 parse.

---
 src/view.flot.js | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/view.flot.js b/src/view.flot.js
index 5059156e..43d997a7 100644
--- a/src/view.flot.js
+++ b/src/view.flot.js
@@ -316,7 +316,8 @@ my.Flot = Backbone.View.extend({
         var x = doc.getFieldValue(xfield);
 
         if (isDateTime) {
-          var _date = moment(x);
+          // cast to string as Date(1990) produces 1970 date but Date('1990') produces 1/1/1990
+          var _date = moment(String(x));
           if (_date.isValid()) {
             x = _date.toDate().getTime();
           }