[TYPO3-dev] Why are timestamp fields NOT NULL?

[Sebastian Michaelsen]

Am 05.01.2011 11:42, schrieb Steffen Gebert:
> On 05.01.11 11:38, Sebastian Michaelsen wrote:
>> Am 05.01.2011 11:37, schrieb Jigal van Hemert:
>>> In the past 0 (zero) has been selected as the magic value for a date
>>> which is not set.
>>>
>>> There are a few locations where this magic value was forgotten (and
>>> incorrectly the date 01-01-70
>>> was displayed) and I've already seen some patches to fix this.
>>
>> Sounds good, I'll hand in a patch :)
>
> see also http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=16877
>
> Kind regards
> Steffen
>
Thanks for the hint. I was investigating exactly the same spot.