On 30 March 2011 20:46, James B. Byrne <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, March 30, 2011 15:25, Colin Law wrote: > >> >> Why do you need infinity as the default value? Why not make it zero >> for example, or even better use null to indicate no date, which >> would be more conventional. >> >> Colin > > That is quite beside the point.
No it isn't, if you look back at my post you will see that I was replying to your statement: > I cannot code around this because the > datetime class in Rails does not recognize 'infinity' as a valid > value. I was pointing out how you could code around it. I agree that it does not answer the query regarding why you are seeing the problem in the first place. Colin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en.
