[TYPO3-core] RFC: #12652: Value Preview of empty timestamp shows "01-01-70 (-40 yrs) "

[David Bruchmann]

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Von:        Steffen Kamper <info at sk-typo3.de>
Gesendet:   Montag, 23. November 2009 16:23:02
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Betreff:    Re: [TYPO3-core] RFC: #12652: Value Preview of empty 
timestamp shows "01-01-70 (-40 yrs) "

Hi Steffen,

>>
>> who is *we* ?
>>
> you and me and others

definitley not me.
As developer you're deciding for a lot of users and not for yourself.

> 
>> I think with date and datetime enough faults were made in the past 
>> even by the software-giants. For my taste it's no good idea to repeat it.
>>
>> I think you're birthday is not *0* alias 1.1.1970 ;-)
>>
> 
> do you know what the patch is for? It displays original value for 
> translation, with "0" the original value now isn't shown, that's all.
> 

Yes, zero as real value isn't possible like that.
So a whole day is missing and in a historical platform it's looking very 
fine jumping from decembre the 31th to january the 2nd.
Even if the content is shown up, sorting by or displaying of the date 
isn't as easy as it should.

Problem is the wrong zero inside the database and not php or TYPO3.
Why you don't change just the sql-files defining the date-fields?
It's only a wrong field-definition and you want to change the calendary?

Sorry, that's not logical at all and you're producing headaches for a 
lot of users.

Best Regards
David