[TYPO3-50-general] Dates outside Unix Timestamp

Franz Koch typo.removeformessage at fx-graefix.de
Tue Nov 13 10:23:08 CET 2007


Hi,

> Alban Cousinié wrote:
>> In Typo3 tables, dates are stored as Unix timetamps.
>  ...
>> What do you guys think ?
> 
> I think the current limitations are bad, but further thought has not yet 
> been given. Just one fact: We will rely on DateTime objects most 
> probably, with whatever limitation PHP6 imposes when using them.
> 
> But again: this has yet to be discussed...

the most obvious thing for me would be, to use date features of 
databases, or at least store the dates in that format 'yyyy-mm-dd'. 
Searching for specific dates or maybe birthdays is no big deal with this 
format.

Just to drop that note for a later discussion in the v5 team.

--
Greetings,
Franz


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