[Savannah-dev] [Bug #435] incorrect "Old Value" at the patches changelog

[nobody]

=================== Bug #435: Full Bug Snapshot ===================
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=435&group_id=11

Submitted by: ksoonson                  Project: Savannah                       
Submitted on: 2002-May-22 12:33
Category:  Patch Mgr                    Severity:  3 - Ordinary                 
Priority:  Low                          Bug Group:  None                        
Resolution:  None                       Assigned to:  ljulliar                  
Status:  Open                           Effort:  0.50                           

Summary:  incorrect "Old Value" at the patches changelog

Original Submission:  The "Old Value" at the tracker item history is 
1970-01-01. 
Go to any patches item, and click the title, you can see its changelog at the 
bottom. There, the "Old Value" is set to 1970-01-01. 

For example, check out the following URL and see the changelog at the bottom. 

http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?func=detailpatch&patch_id=274&group_id=259

Follow-up Comments
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Date: 2002-May-23 15:51             By: ksoonson
Hmmm...it seems that you fixed this very quickly. :-)

Could you please let me know which part on what file did you modified so that I 
can apply it to debian-sf (http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/debian-sf/)

Thanks very much...

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Date: 2002-May-22 15:15             By: ljulliar
Thanks for pointing this out. What you see is actually the translation of the 
so called Unix epoch time since the beginning of Unix "history". This internal 
time is "0" and translate to Jan 1st, 1970.

So internally Unix time "0" is considered as "no value" and you are right that 
it should display as "None" or some special character like "-" to say that no 
value was previously assigned. This affects all Changelog not only patches but 
also in bugs, tasks and Support request.




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