id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	stage	has_patch	needs_docs	needs_tests	needs_better_patch	easy	ui_ux
1605	DateTime fields not being populated back	yml	Adrian Holovaty	"There's a problem with DateTime fields not being populated back to the form using the edit_place function.

This seems to provide the solution:

In place of:
new_data = place.__dict__

use:
new_data = manipulator.flatten_data()"	defect	closed	Core (Other)	0.91	normal	fixed			Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0