dateTime matcher optional support

[s1apped]

Hi,

I wanted to use formatter optional functionality to match dateTime e.g
datetime("start", "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss[.[SSSSSSSSS][SSSSSSSS][SSSSSSS][SSSSSS][SSSSS][SSSS][SSS][SS][S]]'Z'", Instant.now());

It looks like it should on provider side (checked by debugging matcher) but consumer is having problems and generates

"start":"2024-05-13T21:35:44.801971000801971008019710801971801978019801808Z

Is this supported / am I doing something wrong?

Thanks!

[rholshausen]

Why would you want to use such a format? Just give the max number of digits expected: 3 for microsecond precision and 6 or 9 for nanosecond precision.

What you have given will provide the seconds fraction over and over.

[s1apped]

Using this format I can parse String date with ranging from 2024-05-13T21:35:44 to 2024-05-13T21:35:44.123456789. The example is little extreme but the idea was to have a bit more flexible contract where Consumer doesn't care about milis so when Provider will start sending with precision 5 instead of 3 contract isn't broken