I would say it's forcing users to follow the exact format, not guiding them. But then why does 2019/2/24 get automatically expanded to 2019/02/24 (adding the l

I would say it's forcing users to follow the exact format, not guiding them. But then why does 2019/2/24 get automatically expanded to 2019/02/24 (adding the leading zero to the month), but not 19/2/24? As I said, it should be a fairly simple change to respond to delimiters, and marshal the input into the required format without forcing the user to slavishly follow the exact prescription. But if the intent is to do that, then it's a trend I do not agree with at all.