Apply date from original collection to cloned exams in ExamCollectionClone

generic/views.py

@@ -4745,6 +4745,11 @@ class ExamCollectionClone(CreateView, AuthorRequiredMixin):
                         if m2m_field in data:
                             m2m_backup[m2m_field] = data.pop(m2m_field)
 
+                    # If the user supplied a date on the new collection, apply it to
+                    # cloned exams so the cloned exams have the requested date.
+                    if getattr(object, "date", None):
+                        data["date"] = object.date
+
                     # Set the new examcollection foreign key to the newly created collection
                     # model_to_dict returns the FK id; replace with instance for create()
                     data["examcollection"] = object