Updating state on props change in React Form

I am having trouble with a React form and managing the state properly. I have a time input field in a form (in a modal). The initial value is set as a state variable in getInitialState, and is passed in from a parent component. This in itself works fine.

The problem comes when I want to update the default start_time value through the parent component. The update itself happens in the parent component through setState start_time: new_time. However in my form, the default start_time value never changes, since it is only defined once in getInitialState.

I have tried to use componentWillUpdate to force a change in state through setState start_time: next_props.start_time, which did actually work, but it gave me Uncaught RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded errors.

So my question is, what’s the correct way of updating state in this case? Am I thinking about this wrong somehow?

Current Code:

@ModalBody = React.createClass
  getInitialState: ->
    start_time: @props.start_time.format("HH:mm")

  #works but takes long and causes:
  #"Uncaught RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded"
  componentWillUpdate: (next_props, next_state) ->
    @setState(start_time: next_props.start_time.format("HH:mm"))

  fieldChanged: (fieldName, event) ->
    stateUpdate = {}
    stateUpdate[fieldName] = event.target.value
    @setState(stateUpdate)

  render: ->
    React.DOM.div
      className: "modal-body"
      React.DOM.form null,
        React.createElement FormLabelInputField,
          type: "time"
          id: "start_time"
          label_name: "Start Time"
          value: @state.start_time
          onChange: @fieldChanged.bind(null, "start_time")

@FormLabelInputField = React.createClass
  render: ->
    React.DOM.div
      className: "form-group"
      React.DOM.label
        htmlFor: @props.id
        @props.label_name + ": "
      React.DOM.input
        className: "form-control"
        type: @props.type
        id: @props.id
        value: @props.value
        onChange: @props.onChange