Re: [fw-mvc] Zend_Date issue

Can you please explain the logic behind how that specific date is chosen as the output when the invalid time stamp 0000-00-00 00:00:00 is passed to Zend_Date?

Also, I would argue that a time stamp 0000-00-00 00:00:00 is technically valid as this is what is output from the database in the event that the database admin set this value as the default on insert.  Is there a database best practice I am missing, perhaps?  Could there be a mechanism created whereby Zend_Date would simply output 0000-00-00 00:00:00 if that is passed to it?  This would keep me from having to code this logic:

if($LastLoginDate == '0000-00-00 00:00:00'){

$lastLoginDateFinal = 'Not Recorded';

}

else{

$lastLoginDateLocalized = new Zend_Date($LastLoginDate);

$lastLoginDateFinal = $lastLoginDateLocalized->toString();

}

Paul Shoemaker | LAMP Developer
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On Sep 3, 2008, at 10:26 AM, Thomas Weidner wrote:

Have you ever heard of the month 0 ???
Me not, and Zend_Date also not.

That's the reason why Zend_Date automatically fixes this wrong date.

Greetings
Thomas Weidner, I18N Team Leader, Zend Framework
http://www.thomasweidner.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Shoemaker" <paul.shoemaker@helloecho.com>
To: <fw-mvc@lists.zend.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 5:17 PM
Subject: [fw-mvc] Zend_Date issue


> Hello,
>
> Can anyone verify that they are experiencing this issue?  When I 
> initialized a Zend_Date object with the following:
>
> $date = new Zend_Date('0000-00-00 00:00:00');
>
> and then output the string value with:
>
> $date->toString();
>
> I receive the following output(via var_dump):
>
> string 'Nov 30, 00-1 12:00:00 AM' (length=24)
>
> Anyone know what is happening here?  Here is the output from var_dump 
> of the object:
>
> object(Zend_Date)[75]
>   private '_Locale' =>
>     object(Zend_Locale)[72]
>       private '_Locale' => string 'en_US' (length=5)
>       private '_Codeset' => null
>   private '_Fractional' => int 0
>   private '_Precision' => int 3
>   private '_unixTimestamp' => string '-62170135200' (length=12)
>   private '_timezone' => string 'America/Chicago' (length=15)
>   private '_offset' => int 21600
>   private '_syncronised' => int 0
>   protected '_dst' => boolean true
>
>
> Paul Shoemaker | LAMP Developer
> paul.shoemaker@helloecho.com
>
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