[TYPO3] STATUS of "dates before 1970? + _EREG special mode in backend fields?"

[Martin Kutschker]

Stefan Koch schrieb:
> hi.
> i cannot put negative epoch-dates into 
> fe_users dateofbirth field.
> of cource in phpmyadmin, i can.
> 
> but in typo3-form its not recognized 
> and will be resetted to 1-1-1970 (epoch).
> basically i have the same problem as Klaus, here his post:
> http://lists.netfielders.de/pipermail/typo3-english/2005-March/003237.html
> 
> i would just like to get some idea of how i can fix it
> so it could be put into typo3-core.
> (i would say "forget about that windows- date restriction")
> 
> ideas appreciated where i could start.
> stefan
> 
> p.s. we could just wait until all people born before 1970 die! ;-)

This has been discussed repeatedly but with no result.

AFAIR all solutions tried to add another format and move away from Unix epoch.

Masi