2 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/server/ws/Request.java b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/server/ws/Request.java
index 87101ff78b1..0344d8b91d3 100644
--- a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/server/ws/Request.java
+++ b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/server/ws/Request.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import com.google.common.base.Splitter;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.sonar.api.utils.DateUtils;
+import org.sonar.api.utils.SonarException;
 
 import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
 import java.util.Date;
@@ -188,7 +189,15 @@ public abstract class Request {
   public Date paramAsDateTime(String key) {
     String s = param(key);
     if (s != null) {
-      return DateUtils.parseDateTime(s);
+      try {
+        return DateUtils.parseDateTime(s);
+      } catch(SonarException notDateTime) {
+        try {
+          return DateUtils.parseDate(s);
+        } catch (SonarException notDateEither) {
+          throw new SonarException(String.format("'%s' cannot be parsed as either a date or date+time", s));
+        }
+      }
     }
     return null;
   }
diff --git a/sonar-plugin-api/src/test/java/org/sonar/api/server/ws/RequestTest.java b/sonar-plugin-api/src/test/java/org/sonar/api/server/ws/RequestTest.java
index 407a4f8f0ff..2c57236b86c 100644
--- a/sonar-plugin-api/src/test/java/org/sonar/api/server/ws/RequestTest.java
+++ b/sonar-plugin-api/src/test/java/org/sonar/api/server/ws/RequestTest.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import org.sonar.api.rule.RuleStatus;
 import org.sonar.api.server.ws.internal.ValidatingRequest;
 import org.sonar.api.utils.DateUtils;
+import org.sonar.api.utils.SonarException;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
@@ -191,6 +192,12 @@ public class RequestTest {
   @Test
   public void param_as_datetime() throws Exception {
     assertThat(request.setParam("a_datetime", "2014-05-27T15:50:45+0100").paramAsDateTime("a_datetime")).isEqualTo(DateUtils.parseDateTime("2014-05-27T15:50:45+0100"));
+    assertThat(request.setParam("a_datetime", "2014-05-27").paramAsDateTime("a_datetime")).isEqualTo(DateUtils.parseDate("2014-05-27"));
+    try {
+      request.setParam("a_datetime", "polop").paramAsDateTime("a_datetime");
+    } catch (SonarException error) {
+      assertThat(error.getMessage()).isEqualTo("'polop' cannot be parsed as either a date or date+time");
+    }
   }
 
   @Test