Hello,

I would like to set DateField default values (01/01/1900) but i can't : it's always the same date : 01/01/1970 !?

I try :

• 01/01/1900
  
• 1900/01/01
  
• 01-01-1900
  
• 1900-01-01
  

but nothing works :'(

Could you help me ? Thanks.

My code :

class Document extends Page {

	static $db = array(
		'Begin' => 'Date',
		'End'  => 'Date',
	);

	static $defaults = array(
		'Begin'    => '01/01/1900',
		'End'      => '01/01/1900',
	);

	function getCMSFields() {
		$fields = parent::getCMSFields();

		$BeginField = new DateField('Begin', 'Begin'));
		$EndField   = new DateField('End', 'End'));

		$BeginField->setConfig('dmyfields', true);
		$EndField->setConfig('dmyfields', true);

		$fields->addFieldToTab('Root.Content.Main',
			new FieldGroup(
				new LiteralField('Dates', 'Dates'),
				new FieldGroup($BeginField, $EndField)
			),
			'Content'
		);
		
		return $fields;
	}
}

Thanks for your response.

I try :

static $defaults = array(
	'Begin' => '1990-01-01',
	'End' => '1990-01-01'
);

and it works fine :) Thanks.

But how can i have a date before 1970 ? I would like to have date like 1800, or 1900...

ps : my system :

• Debian Lenny (5.0.4)
  
• Apache 2 (2.2.9-10)
  
• PHP5 (5.2.6)
  
• MySQL Server 5 (5.0.51a)
  
• Silverstripe 2.4.0
  

I think i've found where the "problem" come from. In file sapphire/core/model/fieldtypes/Date.php, in setValue() method :

function setValue($value) {
	// @todo This needs tidy up (what if you only specify a month and a year, for example?)
	if(is_array($value)) {
		if(!empty($value['Day']) && !empty($value['Month']) && !empty($value['Year'])) {
			$this->value = $value['Year'] . '-' . $value['Month'] . '-' . $value['Day'];
			return;
		}
	}

	// Default to NZ date format - strtotime expects a US date
	if(ereg('^([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)$', $value, $parts)) {
		$value = "$parts[2]/$parts[1]/$parts[3]";
	}

	if(is_numeric($value)) {
		$this->value = date('Y-m-d', $value);
	} elseif(is_string($value)) {
		$this->value = date('Y-m-d', strtotime($value));
	}
}

The use of

date('Y-m-d', ... );

is a problem... I think i'll try to create a MyDate class 'extends Date ?) with the use of the new DateTime class of PHP 5.2+ to resolve my problem.

Or perhaps there is another solution ?

Thanks for your help !

If I set $defaults like this :

static $defaults = array(
	'Begin'	=>	array('Year' => '1900', 'Month' => '01', 'Day' => '01'),
	'End'	=>	array('Year' => '1900', 'Month' => '01', 'Day' => '01')
);

it works because the date() fonction isn't use in setValue() :

function setValue($value) {
	
	...
	
	if(is_array($value)) {
		if(!empty($value['Day']) && !empty($value['Month']) && !empty($value['Year'])) {
			$this->value = $value['Year'] . '-' . $value['Month'] . '-' . $value['Day'];
			return;
		}
	}
	
	...
}

but this doesn't resolve the problem when we change a date in the admin interface. I'll try my MyDate idea...

Thanks you too :)

I'm trying to extend Date and use PHP5.2+ DateTime class in it. It seems to work.
When it will be finished, i'll post my extended class here. Perhpas this could help somebody ;p