just put it in your beforeSave function and it will do whatever you
need

On Oct 1, 11:23 am, Hugo M <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ok, but... I don't want a now() date xD, I want a date set by the user in a
> form, because it's an "expiring date" field, so I don't think I would use
> created and modified CakePHP fields.
>
> I created my own method for converting form-cakephp-date-input array format
> to a timestamp format, but I think CakePHP should handle this.
>
> (AppModel.php)
>
>     //Returns a timestamp understable by the database from a form input
> array
>     public function timestamp($dateTimeArray) {
>         return
> "{$dateTimeArray['year']}-{$dateTimeArray['month']}-{$dateTimeArray['day']}
> {$dateTimeArray['hour']}:{$dateTimeArray['min']}:0";
>     }
>
> 2010/10/1 j.blotus <[email protected]>
>
>
>
> > you can change the field names for created and modified:
>
> > in the model:
>
> >               /**
> >         *
> >         * @var string tells cake the name of the created field on insert
> >         */
> >        var $createField = 'entered';
> >        /**
> >         *
> >         * @var string tells cake the name of the modified field on update
> >         */
> >        var $updateField = 'modified';
>
> > in the beforeSave() of the model:
>
> >        /**
> >         * Before saving set up created and modified so we know when record
> > was changed
> >         *
> >         * @return boolean true always
> >         */
> >        function beforeSave() {
> >                // Alternate column automagic timestamping support
> >                $nowDate = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
> >                if ($this->updateField) {
> >                        $this->set($this->updateField, $nowDate);
> >                }
> >                if ($this->createField and !$this->exists()) {
> >                        $this->set($this->createField, $nowDate);
> >                }
>
> >                return true;
> >         }
>
> > On Oct 1, 11:01 am, Hugo M <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > I'm trying to fill an "expiring date" field, so I can't use the created
> > and
> > > modified/updated Cake automagic fields.
>
> > > 2010/10/1 Jeremy Burns | Class Outfit <[email protected]>
>
> > > > What are you trying to achieve the Cake doesn't already do with the
> > created
> > > > and modified fields which already get populated with 'now'?
>
> > > > Jeremy Burns
> > > > *Class Outfit*
> > > > *
> > > > *
> > > > [email protected] <[email protected]>
> > > >http://www.classoutfit.com
>
> > > > On 1 Oct 2010, at 15:36, Hugo M wrote:
>
> > > > There's a way to save timestamp field without manually joining the
> > hour,
> > > > day, year, etc. fields?
>
> > > > $this->Form->input('timestampfield');
>
> > > > When I do that, in backend I get:
>
> > > >  [timestampfield] => Array
> > > >                 (
> > > >                     [month] => 10
> > > >                     [day] => 01
> > > >                     [year] => 2010
> > > >                     [hour] => 11
> > > >                     [min] => 37
> > > >                     [meridian] => am
> > > >                 )
>
> > > > And I need to manually construct the timestamp field, is that OK? :S
>
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