[TYPO3-mvc] Editing dates

[Henjo Hoeksma]

On 2010-09-17 16:19:31 +0200, Henjo Hoeksma said:

> Ah, you got me rolling:
> 
> <f:if condition="{f:format.date(date: '{DateTime}', format: 'U')}">
> 	Output: {f:format.date(date: '{DateTime}', format: 'd.m.Y')}
> </f:if>
> 
> The format 'U' returns the timestamp, so the if viewhelper returns
> true if an integer is larger than zero. Using this, you can even
> skip the empty 'then' viewhelper.
> 
> Hm, should't there be a better way of checking a valid DateTime object?
> The bad thing is, that the timestamp of 0 (zero) is a valid timestamp?!
> 
> Is there another approach of 'disabling' the display of a
> date or datetime field coming from the backend, which was NOT set?
> 
> Thanks,
> Thomas
> 
> 
> Joerg Schoppet schrieb:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I solved it this way:
>> 
>> <f:if condition="{f:format.date(date: object.dateTime, format: 'U')} == 0">
>> <f:then>
>> </f:then>
>> <f:else>
>> <f:format.date format="Y-m-d">{object.dateTime}</f:format.date>
>> </f:else>
>> </f:if>
>> 
>> 
>> Joerg
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Thomas "Thasmo" Deinhamer schrieb:
>>> How can I check if a DateTime Object has a valid value?


Found it myself. It appeared to be a different format for the datetime 
picker I had chosen... So the values weren't matching ;-)

Thanks,

Henjo