date reverts in past after clicking out of product edit

[apedicdev]

Admin Product Grid Filter: Set Product as New from Date - Reverts to random date in past after clicking out of product edit

Steps to reproduce

on admin go to products > catalog
in columns make sure you have 'set product as new from date' selected
in filters apply a date range in new from date
click into a product and save and close

Expected result

1. inputted data in filter fields remains the same

Actual result

1. inputted data in date fields changes to one in 2008

[magento-engcom-team]

@apedicdev, thank you for your report.
We've created internal ticket(s) MAGETWO-82116 to track progress on the issue.

[apedicdev]

this workaround in date.js fixed our case
var dateRegexp='(0[1-9]|1[012])[- \\/.](0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])[- \\/.](19|20)\\d\\d';
if (value.match(dateRegexp)){ dateFormat='MM/DD/YYYY'; //checking for the right format in order to convert properly the date }