Custom date field issue

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Last updated by Caridad 11 years, 10 months ago.

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May 23, 2012 at 1:01 am #10910

Glynn

I created a custom date field and imported data. The date is in the field, but when I try to edit the records, the date shows 1/1/70 in the date picker field and if I modify it it send a serial date to the database. Can we only use serial dates? What am I missing or doing wrong with this custom date. I'm also importing the post date with the same formatting and it works fine. Any help appreciated.

May 23, 2012 at 7:49 am #10915

Caridad

Dear Glynn,

Dates are kept as timestamps in the DB. You can modify the import script and run strtotime() on the date to get a timestamp.

Please let me know if there is anything else that I can assist you with.

Regards.
Caridad

May 23, 2012 at 1:44 pm #10936

Glynn

If I simply enter a manual entry into the custom form field and use 05/17/1986 as the date from the date picker it saves 516672000 in the database field. The form also saves nothing to the database if I put in a date prior to 1/1/1900 from the date picker.

May 28, 2012 at 9:26 am #11163

Caridad

Dear Glynn,

This is a limitation of the timestamp format. The number is how many seconds since 1/1/1970

Please let me know if there is anything else that I can assist you with.

Regards.
Caridad

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