fix: repair `order_by_field` with date fields (#262)

src/searcher.rs

@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ impl Searcher {
                 if let Some(order_by) = order_by_field {
                     let collector = TopDocs::with_limit(limit)
                         .and_offset(offset)
-                        .order_by_fast_field(order_by, order.into());
+                        .order_by_u64_field(order_by, order.into());
                     let top_docs_handle =
                         multicollector.add_collector(collector);
                     let ret = self.inner.search(query.get(), &multicollector);

tests/tantivy_test.py

@@ -232,6 +232,57 @@ class TestClass(object):
         result = searcher.search(query, 10, order_by_field="order")
         assert len(result.hits) == 0
 
+    def test_order_by_search_date(self):
+        schema = (
+            SchemaBuilder()
+            .add_date_field("order", fast=True)
+            .add_text_field("title", stored=True)
+            .build()
+        )
+
+        index = Index(schema)
+        writer = index.writer()
+
+        doc = Document()
+        doc.add_date("order", datetime.datetime(2020, 1, 1))
+        doc.add_text("title", "Test title")
+
+        writer.add_document(doc)
+
+        doc = Document()
+        doc.add_date("order", datetime.datetime(2022, 1, 1))
+        doc.add_text("title", "Final test title")
+        writer.add_document(doc)
+
+        doc = Document()
+        doc.add_date("order", datetime.datetime(2021, 1, 1))
+        doc.add_text("title", "Another test title")
+
+        writer.add_document(doc)
+
+        writer.commit()
+        index.reload()
+
+        query = index.parse_query("test")
+
+        searcher = index.searcher()
+
+        result = searcher.search(query, 10, order_by_field="order")
+
+        assert len(result.hits) == 3
+
+        _, doc_address = result.hits[0]
+        searched_doc = index.searcher().doc(doc_address)
+        assert searched_doc["title"] == ["Final test title"]
+
+        _, doc_address = result.hits[1]
+        searched_doc = index.searcher().doc(doc_address)
+        assert searched_doc["title"] == ["Another test title"]
+
+        _, doc_address = result.hits[2]
+        searched_doc = index.searcher().doc(doc_address)
+        assert searched_doc["title"] == ["Test title"]
+
     def test_with_merges(self):
         # This test is taken from tantivy's test suite:
         # https://github.com/quickwit-oss/tantivy/blob/42acd334f49d5ff7e4fe846b5c12198f24409b50/src/indexer/index_writer.rs#L1130