Bug? Possible parsing issue with license validation period?

[GeertVerthe]

Hi, today i upgraded our backend with the latest Duende 8.0.2 and i noticed there are some new classes to validate the license. As a European customer in version 7.x is saw for example:

"The license expires on vrijdag 1 oktober 2027" (dutch for friday 1st october 2027)

Since the upgrade to 8.0.2 it now says:

"You Duende License expires on 10/01/2027"

Given the 10/01 and 01/10, i suspect some date parsing issue for European date notation.

Anyone else noticed this, or can confirm this?

[wcabus]

Hi @GeertVerthe,

The license's expiration date is being parsed the same as before, it's only being logged differently: versions before v8 used DateTime.ToLongDateString(), and in v8 onwards, we're using DateTimeOffset.ToString() without any format specifiers.

So the date you're seeing is exactly the same, it's just now formatted using the default format for the current culture. If you want to make sure however, you can inject the LicenseInformation class as a dependency and inspect its Expiration property.

For example, I logged both a formatted and unformatted expiration date from the LicenseInformation class: