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Dashboard created using LSQL doesn't display date/timestamp fields in correct format
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- Python
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Description
The dashboard created using LSQL doesn't display date/timestamp fields in the correct format.
For date/timestamp field the column encoding has "displayAs": "string" and "type": "string".
It should be "displayAs": "datetime", "type": "date"
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Research direction
Start by tracing the dashboard-creation path used by LSQL and inspect where date and timestamp column encodings are assigned. Reproduce the issue with a dashboard containing date/timestamp fields, then verify that those columns use "displayAs": "datetime" and "type": "date".
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python, sql
- Domain
- data-visualization
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100