[Ward]

When I enter a symbolic date (e.g., "today", "wed") or a partial date (e.g., "3 apr"), the Return key fills in the field with an actual date.

The Escape key does the same date resolution ... as long as the field was empty before entering the date value. If I'm replacing a date (e.g., changing a due date to "tom"), Escape discards the new date, leaving the field unchanged.

It took me a while to figure out what was happening to my date changes because I'm so accustomed to Escape doing the right thing that I'd move on without verifying my change had been accepted.

BTW, Escape in a text field accepts an edited string.

-- Ward

[submitted as formal feedback]