Saving an article with a nulled date populates it with todays date

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 6.2.X EE, 7.0.0 DXP SP1, Master
• Fix Version/s: 6.2.X EE, 7.0.0 DXP FP5, 7.0.0 DXP SP1, 7.0.3 CE GA4, 7.1.X, Master
• Component/s: Dynamic Data Mapping
• Labels:
  • fw_test_manual
  • liferay-digital-enterprise-70-sp1
  • liferay-fixpack-de-5-7010
  • liferay-fixpack-portal-122-6210
• Branch Version/s:
  7.0.x, 6.2.x
• Backported to Branch:
  Committed
• Story Points: 1
• Git Pull Request: https://github.com/brianchandotcom/liferay-portal/pull/42596

This issue looks like it was caused by commit: https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/38e65ac29c7020bb41231d663c08c4a64df5684c

1. Create a structure and template with a date field.
2. Create a new web content article from the structure and template.
3. Null out the date field input values by either deleting the values or selecting the disabled checkbox
4. Save the article.
5. Edit the article.

Expected results:
Date should be blank

Actual results:
Date is populated with today's date