[TYPO3-dev] process_datamap() & timestamp

[Jan Kornblum]

Hi Ernesto,

> I am pretty sure, because I implemented it some years ago. It could have
> been changed again, but I am confident that noone dares to touch this
> very bizarre time-handling routines.

[...]

> Don't be mislead by what you see "in the browser".
>
> For every input field there is a "hidden" field which is what is later
> stored in the database. So the datetime picker field has a "XXX_hr"
> field (human readable) which is what you edit and where you input your
> date. And there is a related hidden "XXX" field, which is calculated
> from the _hr field using javascript. In this case, it will contain the
> UNIX timestamp (in UTC):

O.K., my mistake:
I've created the fields "manually" and not using the TCEforms 
functions, so there are no "_hr"-inputs and so on. So in my case there 
doesn't take place any converting on clientside.

Thanks for your detailed explanations at all! Yery kind...

Regards, Jan