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Under QGIS master, filtering a shapefile layer using a DATE attribute/column is broken, while it works perfectly under 1.8. It appears to be linked with the separator char used under QGIS master (which differs from QGIS 1.8)

Steps to reproduce under QGIS master:
1. Load bomb_extract.shp into a new project
2. Right click on bomb_extract layer, and click on the Filter... menu item
3. In the SQL where clause text box, click on the DATE field, and push on the 'All' button inside the Values section
() Notice how the value are shown using a '-' separator
4. Build a SQL where clause by double clicking on the DATE field, then the = button, then a date value within the Values list box (let's say we choose '1973-01-21')
5. Click on the OK button

The above filter will return zero value. If you go back and change the date separator to '/', the filter will work out and return the positive candidates.

It seems QGIS is using the wrong date separator to display date data under QGIS master. In QGIS 1.8, the separator is '/', which seems to be compatible with OGR, while under QGIS the separator is '-', which doesn't work with OGR.

It's a pretty big user experience regression.