Allow creation dates that are 3 days after or 3 days before the current date. Fixes ietf-tools#652

 - Legacy-Id: 3065

Author: emiliosanchez

ietf/submit/forms.py

@@ -392,9 +392,8 @@ def clean_creation_date(self):
         if not creation_date:
             return None
         submit_date = self.draft.submission_date
-        if creation_date > submit_date:
-            raise forms.ValidationError('Creation Date must not be set after submission date')
-        if creation_date + datetime.timedelta(days=3) < submit_date:
+        if (creation_date + datetime.timedelta(days=3) < submit_date or
+            creation_date - datetime.timedelta(days=3) > submit_date):
             raise forms.ValidationError('Creation Date must be within 3 days of submission date')
         return creation_date
 

ietf/submit/utils.py

@@ -233,9 +233,8 @@ def validate_creation_date(self):
             self.add_warning('creation_date', 'Creation Date field is empty or the creation date is not in a proper format')
             return
         submit_date = self.draft.submission_date
-        if date > submit_date:
-            self.add_warning('creation_date', 'Creation Date must not be set after submission date')
-        if date + datetime.timedelta(days=3) < submit_date:
+        if (date + datetime.timedelta(days=3) < submit_date or
+            date - datetime.timedelta(days=3) > submit_date):
             self.add_warning('creation_date', 'Creation Date must be within 3 days of submission date')
 
     def get_authors(self):