fix(useDateFieldState): fix setValue to work when field is empty

packages/@react-aria/datepicker/stories/useDatePicker.stories.tsx

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 Adobe. All rights reserved.
+ * This file is licensed to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy
+ * of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under
+ * the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS
+ * OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language
+ * governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import {createCalendar, parseDate} from '@internationalized/date';
+import {Meta, StoryObj} from '@storybook/react';
+import React, {ReactElement, useRef} from 'react';
+import {useDateField} from '../src';
+import {useDateFieldState} from '@react-stately/datepicker';
+import {useLocale} from '@react-aria/i18n';
+
+export function ProgrammaticSetValueExampleRender(): ReactElement {
+  let {locale} = useLocale();
+  let state = useDateFieldState({locale, createCalendar});
+  let ref = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+  let {fieldProps} = useDateField({'aria-label': 'Date'}, state, ref);
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <div {...fieldProps} ref={ref} data-testid="field">
+        {state.segments.map((seg, i) => <span key={i}>{seg.text}</span>)}
+      </div>
+      <button onClick={() => state.setValue(parseDate('2020-01-01'))} data-testid="set">Set</button>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+export default {
+  title: 'Date and Time/useDatePicker',
+  excludeStories: ['ProgrammaticSetValueExampleRender']
+} as Meta<typeof ProgrammaticSetValueExampleRender>;
+
+type Story = StoryObj<typeof ProgrammaticSetValueExampleRender>;
+
+export const ProgrammaticSetValueExample: Story = {
+  render: () => <ProgrammaticSetValueExampleRender />
+};

packages/@react-aria/datepicker/test/useDatePicker.test.tsx

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 Adobe. All rights reserved.
+ * This file is licensed to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy
+ * of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under
+ * the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS
+ * OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language
+ * governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import {pointerMap, render} from '@react-spectrum/test-utils-internal';
+import {ProgrammaticSetValueExampleRender} from '../stories/useDatePicker.stories';
+import React, {} from 'react';
+import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
+
+describe('useDatePicker', function () {
+  let user;
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    user = userEvent.setup({delay: null, pointerMap});
+    jest.useFakeTimers();
+  });
+
+  it('should commit programmatically setValue when field is empty', async () => {
+    let {getByTestId} = render(<ProgrammaticSetValueExampleRender />);
+
+    expect(getByTestId('field')).toHaveTextContent('mm/dd/yyyy');
+    await user.click(getByTestId('set'));
+    expect(getByTestId('field')).toHaveTextContent('2020');
+  });
+});

packages/@react-stately/datepicker/src/useDateFieldState.ts

@@ -260,7 +260,18 @@ export function useDateFieldState<T extends DateValue = DateValue>(props: DateFi
       setDate(null);
       setPlaceholderDate(createPlaceholderDate(props.placeholderValue, granularity, calendar, defaultTimeZone));
       setValidSegments({});
-    } else if (validKeys.length >= allKeys.length || (validKeys.length === allKeys.length - 1 && allSegments.dayPeriod && !validSegments.dayPeriod && clearedSegment.current !== 'dayPeriod')) {
+    } else if (
+      validKeys.length === 0 || 
+      validKeys.length >= allKeys.length || 
+      (validKeys.length === allKeys.length - 1 && allSegments.dayPeriod && !validSegments.dayPeriod && clearedSegment.current !== 'dayPeriod')
+    ) {
+      // If the field was empty (no valid segments) or all segments are completed, commit the new value.
+      // When committing from an empty state, mark every segment as valid so value is committed.
+      if (validKeys.length === 0) {
+        validSegments = {...allSegments};
+        setValidSegments(validSegments);
+      }
+
       // The display calendar should not have any effect on the emitted value.
       // Emit dates in the same calendar as the original value, if any, otherwise gregorian.
       newValue = toCalendar(newValue, v?.calendar || new GregorianCalendar());