fix(datetime): support typing time values in a 24-hour format (#30147)

- Adjusted the `selectMultiColumn` logic to handle keyboard values like
20 and 22 dynamically.
- Introduced checks for the maximum column value to enable flexible
input behavior.
- Added e2e tests to verify correct value selection for both 12-hour and
24-hour formats.

Issue number: resolves #28877

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## What is the current behavior?

In the ion-datetime component, when typing 2000 in the keyboard the
resulted time value is 02:00 (in 24-hour format)

Examples:
https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ion-datetime-disable-opening-keyboard/224558/6?u=dennisskylegs

## What is the new behavior?
In the ion-datetime component, when typing 2000 in the keyboard the
resulted time value is 20:00 (in 24-hour format)

## Does this introduce a breaking change?

- [ ] Yes
- [x] No

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Co-authored-by: Brandy Smith <6577830+brandyscarney@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: ShaneK <shane@shanessite.net>

Author: 3 people

core/src/components/datetime/datetime.tsx

@@ -1984,7 +1984,7 @@ export class Datetime implements ComponentInterface {
           });
 
           this.setActiveParts({
-            ...activePart,
+            ...this.getActivePartsWithFallback(),
             hour: ev.detail.value,
           });
 
@@ -2024,7 +2024,7 @@ export class Datetime implements ComponentInterface {
           });
 
           this.setActiveParts({
-            ...activePart,
+            ...this.getActivePartsWithFallback(),
             minute: ev.detail.value,
           });
 
@@ -2070,7 +2070,7 @@ export class Datetime implements ComponentInterface {
           });
 
           this.setActiveParts({
-            ...activePart,
+            ...this.getActivePartsWithFallback(),
             ampm: ev.detail.value,
             hour,
           });

core/src/components/picker/picker.tsx

@@ -410,15 +410,72 @@ export class Picker implements ComponentInterface {
     colEl: HTMLIonPickerColumnElement,
     value: string,
     zeroBehavior: 'start' | 'end' = 'start'
-  ) => {
+  ): boolean => {
+    if (!value) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
     const behavior = zeroBehavior === 'start' ? /^0+/ : /0$/;
+    value = value.replace(behavior, '');
     const option = Array.from(colEl.querySelectorAll('ion-picker-column-option')).find((el) => {
       return el.disabled !== true && el.textContent!.replace(behavior, '') === value;
     });
 
     if (option) {
       colEl.setValue(option.value);
     }
+
+    return !!option;
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Attempts to intelligently search the first and second
+   * column as if they're number columns for the provided numbers
+   * where the first two numbers are the first column
+   * and the last 2 are the last column. Tries to allow for the first
+   * number to be ignored for situations where typos occurred.
+   */
+  private multiColumnSearch = (
+    firstColumn: HTMLIonPickerColumnElement,
+    secondColumn: HTMLIonPickerColumnElement,
+    input: string
+  ) => {
+    if (input.length === 0) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const inputArray = input.split('');
+    const hourValue = inputArray.slice(0, 2).join('');
+    // Try to find a match for the first two digits in the first column
+    const foundHour = this.searchColumn(firstColumn, hourValue);
+
+    // If we have more than 2 digits and found a match for hours,
+    // use the remaining digits for the second column (minutes)
+    if (inputArray.length > 2 && foundHour) {
+      const minuteValue = inputArray.slice(2, 4).join('');
+      this.searchColumn(secondColumn, minuteValue);
+    }
+    // If we couldn't find a match for the two-digit hour, try single digit approaches
+    else if (!foundHour && inputArray.length >= 1) {
+      // First try the first digit as a single-digit hour
+      let singleDigitHour = inputArray[0];
+      let singleDigitFound = this.searchColumn(firstColumn, singleDigitHour);
+
+      // If that didn't work, try the second digit as a single-digit hour
+      // (handles case where user made a typo in the first digit, or they typed over themselves)
+      if (!singleDigitFound) {
+        inputArray.shift();
+        singleDigitHour = inputArray[0];
+        singleDigitFound = this.searchColumn(firstColumn, singleDigitHour);
+      }
+
+      // If we found a single-digit hour and have remaining digits,
+      // use up to 2 of the remaining digits for the second column
+      if (singleDigitFound && inputArray.length > 1) {
+        const remainingDigits = inputArray.slice(1, 3).join('');
+        this.searchColumn(secondColumn, remainingDigits);
+      }
+    }
   };
 
   private selectMultiColumn = () => {
@@ -433,91 +490,15 @@ export class Picker implements ComponentInterface {
     const lastColumn = numericPickers[1];
 
     let value = inputEl.value;
-    let minuteValue;
-    switch (value.length) {
-      case 1:
-        this.searchColumn(firstColumn, value);
-        break;
-      case 2:
-        /**
-         * If the first character is `0` or `1` it is
-         * possible that users are trying to type `09`
-         * or `11` into the hour field, so we should look
-         * at that first.
-         */
-        const firstCharacter = inputEl.value.substring(0, 1);
-        value = firstCharacter === '0' || firstCharacter === '1' ? inputEl.value : firstCharacter;
-
-        this.searchColumn(firstColumn, value);
-
-        /**
-         * If only checked the first value,
-         * we can check the second value
-         * for a match in the minutes column
-         */
-        if (value.length === 1) {
-          minuteValue = inputEl.value.substring(inputEl.value.length - 1);
-          this.searchColumn(lastColumn, minuteValue, 'end');
-        }
-        break;
-      case 3:
-        /**
-         * If the first character is `0` or `1` it is
-         * possible that users are trying to type `09`
-         * or `11` into the hour field, so we should look
-         * at that first.
-         */
-        const firstCharacterAgain = inputEl.value.substring(0, 1);
-        value =
-          firstCharacterAgain === '0' || firstCharacterAgain === '1'
-            ? inputEl.value.substring(0, 2)
-            : firstCharacterAgain;
-
-        this.searchColumn(firstColumn, value);
-
-        /**
-         * If only checked the first value,
-         * we can check the second value
-         * for a match in the minutes column
-         */
-        minuteValue = value.length === 1 ? inputEl.value.substring(1) : inputEl.value.substring(2);
-
-        this.searchColumn(lastColumn, minuteValue, 'end');
-        break;
-      case 4:
-        /**
-         * If the first character is `0` or `1` it is
-         * possible that users are trying to type `09`
-         * or `11` into the hour field, so we should look
-         * at that first.
-         */
-        const firstCharacterAgainAgain = inputEl.value.substring(0, 1);
-        value =
-          firstCharacterAgainAgain === '0' || firstCharacterAgainAgain === '1'
-            ? inputEl.value.substring(0, 2)
-            : firstCharacterAgainAgain;
-        this.searchColumn(firstColumn, value);
+    if (value.length > 4) {
+      const startIndex = inputEl.value.length - 4;
+      const newString = inputEl.value.substring(startIndex);
 
-        /**
-         * If only checked the first value,
-         * we can check the second value
-         * for a match in the minutes column
-         */
-        const minuteValueAgain =
-          value.length === 1
-            ? inputEl.value.substring(1, inputEl.value.length)
-            : inputEl.value.substring(2, inputEl.value.length);
-        this.searchColumn(lastColumn, minuteValueAgain, 'end');
-
-        break;
-      default:
-        const startIndex = inputEl.value.length - 4;
-        const newString = inputEl.value.substring(startIndex);
-
-        inputEl.value = newString;
-        this.selectMultiColumn();
-        break;
+      inputEl.value = newString;
+      value = newString;
     }
+
+    this.multiColumnSearch(firstColumn, lastColumn, value);
   };
 
   /**

core/src/components/picker/test/keyboard-entry/picker.e2e.ts

@@ -163,6 +163,172 @@ configs({ modes: ['ios'], directions: ['ltr'] }).forEach(({ title, config }) =>
       await expect(ionChange).toHaveReceivedEventDetail({ value: 12 });
       await expect(column).toHaveJSProperty('value', 12);
     });
+
+    test('should allow typing 22 in a column where the max value is 23 and not just set it to 2', async ({
+      page,
+    }, testInfo) => {
+      testInfo.annotations.push({
+        type: 'issue',
+        description: 'https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-framework/issues/28877',
+      });
+      await page.setContent(
+        `
+    <ion-picker>
+      <ion-picker-column id="hours"></ion-picker-column>
+      <ion-picker-column id="minutes"></ion-picker-column>
+    </ion-picker>
+
+    <script>
+      const hoursColumn = document.querySelector('ion-picker-column#hours');
+      hoursColumn.numericInput = true;
+      const hourItems = [
+        { text: '01', value: 1 },
+        { text: '02', value: 2},
+        { text: '20', value: 20 },
+        { text: '21', value: 21 },
+        { text: '22', value: 22 },
+        { text: '23', value: 23 }
+      ];
+
+      hourItems.forEach((item) => {
+        const option = document.createElement('ion-picker-column-option');
+        option.value = item.value;
+        option.textContent = item.text;
+
+        hoursColumn.appendChild(option);
+      });
+
+      const minutesColumn = document.querySelector('ion-picker-column#minutes');
+      minutesColumn.numericInput = true;
+      const minuteItems = [
+        { text: '00', value: 0 },
+        { text: '15', value: 15 },
+        { text: '30', value: 30 },
+        { text: '45', value: 45 }
+      ];
+
+      minuteItems.forEach((item) => {
+        const option = document.createElement('ion-picker-column-option');
+        option.value = item.value;
+        option.textContent = item.text;
+
+        minutesColumn.appendChild(option);
+      });
+    </script>
+  `,
+        config
+      );
+
+      const hoursColumn = page.locator('ion-picker-column#hours');
+      const minutesColumn = page.locator('ion-picker-column#minutes');
+      const hoursIonChange = await (hoursColumn as E2ELocator).spyOnEvent('ionChange');
+      const minutesIonChange = await (minutesColumn as E2ELocator).spyOnEvent('ionChange');
+      const highlight = page.locator('ion-picker .picker-highlight');
+
+      const box = await highlight.boundingBox();
+      if (box !== null) {
+        await page.mouse.click(box.x + box.width / 2, box.y + box.height / 2);
+      }
+
+      // Simulate typing '2230' (22 hours, 30 minutes)
+      await page.keyboard.press('Digit2');
+      await page.keyboard.press('Digit2');
+      await page.keyboard.press('Digit3');
+      await page.keyboard.press('Digit0');
+
+      // Ensure the hours column is set to 22
+      await expect(hoursIonChange).toHaveReceivedEventDetail({ value: 22 });
+      await expect(hoursColumn).toHaveJSProperty('value', 22);
+
+      // Ensure the minutes column is set to 30
+      await expect(minutesIonChange).toHaveReceivedEventDetail({ value: 30 });
+      await expect(minutesColumn).toHaveJSProperty('value', 30);
+    });
+
+    test('should set value to 2 and not wait for another digit when max value is 12', async ({ page }, testInfo) => {
+      testInfo.annotations.push({
+        type: 'issue',
+        description: 'https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-framework/issues/28877',
+      });
+      await page.setContent(
+        `
+    <ion-picker>
+      <ion-picker-column id="hours"></ion-picker-column>
+      <ion-picker-column id="minutes"></ion-picker-column>
+    </ion-picker>
+
+    <script>
+      const hoursColumn = document.querySelector('ion-picker-column#hours');
+      hoursColumn.numericInput = true;
+      const hourItems = [
+        { text: '01', value: 1 },
+        { text: '02', value: 2 },
+        { text: '03', value: 3 },
+        { text: '04', value: 4 },
+        { text: '05', value: 5 },
+        { text: '06', value: 6 },
+        { text: '07', value: 7 },
+        { text: '08', value: 8 },
+        { text: '09', value: 9 },
+        { text: '10', value: 10 },
+        { text: '11', value: 11 },
+        { text: '12', value: 12 }
+      ];
+
+      hourItems.forEach((item) => {
+        const option = document.createElement('ion-picker-column-option');
+        option.value = item.value;
+        option.textContent = item.text;
+
+        hoursColumn.appendChild(option);
+      });
+
+      const minutesColumn = document.querySelector('ion-picker-column#minutes');
+      minutesColumn.numericInput = true;
+      const minuteItems = [
+        { text: '00', value: 0 },
+        { text: '15', value: 15 },
+        { text: '30', value: 30 },
+        { text: '45', value: 45 }
+      ];
+
+      minuteItems.forEach((item) => {
+        const option = document.createElement('ion-picker-column-option');
+        option.value = item.value;
+        option.textContent = item.text;
+
+        minutesColumn.appendChild(option);
+      });
+    </script>
+  `,
+        config
+      );
+
+      const hoursColumn = page.locator('ion-picker-column#hours');
+      const minutesColumn = page.locator('ion-picker-column#minutes');
+      const hoursIonChange = await (hoursColumn as E2ELocator).spyOnEvent('ionChange');
+      const minutesIonChange = await (minutesColumn as E2ELocator).spyOnEvent('ionChange');
+      const highlight = page.locator('ion-picker .picker-highlight');
+
+      const box = await highlight.boundingBox();
+      if (box !== null) {
+        await page.mouse.click(box.x + box.width / 2, box.y + box.height / 2);
+      }
+
+      // Simulate typing '245' (2 hours, 45 minutes)
+      await page.keyboard.press('Digit2');
+      await page.keyboard.press('Digit4');
+      await page.keyboard.press('Digit5');
+
+      // Ensure the hours column is set to 2
+      await expect(hoursIonChange).toHaveReceivedEventDetail({ value: 2 });
+      await expect(hoursColumn).toHaveJSProperty('value', 2);
+
+      // Ensure the minutes column is set to 45
+      await expect(minutesIonChange).toHaveReceivedEventDetail({ value: 45 });
+      await expect(minutesColumn).toHaveJSProperty('value', 45);
+    });
+
     test('pressing Enter should dismiss the keyboard', async ({ page }) => {
       test.info().annotations.push({
         type: 'issue',