Feature #15017
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Feature Request: Date fields that can handle dates outside the UNIX time range
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Description
The current date/datetime fields of TYPO3 core can only handle UNIX timestamps. For applications like storing a birthdate, it is necessary to be able to handle dates outside the regular UNIX timestamps.
This issue was already discussed on the mailing list and on the wiki (http://wiki.typo3.org/index.php/User_talk:Dbruehlmeier ). Despite the version currently on the wiki, the ISO-representation might not the best way to go (please refer to the discussion on the mailing list). Perhaps it might also be a possibility go aim for something like http://pear.php.net/package/Date/
(issue imported from #M1557)
Updated by Sebastian Kurfuerst about 19 years ago
I think it might be quite an overhead to change all date fields to this format, as for normal operation (start-stopdates, ...) the current unix timestamp is more than enough. For other more rare circumstances where such dates are needed, individual solutions have to be found. Maybe - if somebody is interested - he can create a patch for TYPO3 implementing a new date field which is able to store different dates as well.
Greets, Sebastian
Updated by Ingo Renner almost 16 years ago
date fields can handle dates before "0" unixtime since 4.2