From ffff13205a711b916746786c628524ba7215055c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Woeltjen <victor.woeltjen@nasa.gov>
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 11:21:51 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] [Time Conductor] Check for value changes

...on watches triggered from the picker. Only want to
trigger a submit when this actually constitutes a change from
the datetime field's underlying model (to avoid triggering
form submission when datetime picker is initialized.)
---
 .../general/src/controllers/DateTimeFieldController.js | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/platform/commonUI/general/src/controllers/DateTimeFieldController.js b/platform/commonUI/general/src/controllers/DateTimeFieldController.js
index 2084c32382..d401a8b3fc 100644
--- a/platform/commonUI/general/src/controllers/DateTimeFieldController.js
+++ b/platform/commonUI/general/src/controllers/DateTimeFieldController.js
@@ -68,10 +68,12 @@ define(
             }
 
             function updateFromPicker(value) {
-                $scope.ngModel[$scope.field] = value;
-                updateFromModel(value);
-                if ($scope.structure && $scope.structure.submit) {
-                    $scope.structure.submit();
+                if (value !== $scope.ngModel[$scope.field]) {
+                    $scope.ngModel[$scope.field] = value;
+                    updateFromModel(value);
+                    if ($scope.structure && $scope.structure.submit) {
+                        $scope.structure.submit();
+                    }
                 }
             }