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Time should not be a required field for events #9

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
We use date/time to sort events in the living story.  If time is not 
specified, it should default to something reasonable.

However, what would be 'reasonable'?  12:00 AM?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by ericzh...@google.com on 3 May 2010 at 2:27

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Yeah, for some of my events I don't know the time. I have been using noon, but I
think you're right -- it should default to 12:00 AM. However, if time is not
specified and it defaults to midnight, I don't think it should display that 
time.
That way users don't interpret the time as being significant. It's really just 
there
to keep the database in order.

Original comment by smyth...@gmail.com on 3 May 2010 at 7:26

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
My confusion – why doesn't living stories use the WordPress time function?

Original comment by byjoeyba...@gmail.com on 4 May 2010 at 11:49

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
You mean, why don't we just use the timestamp of the post?

The primary reason is that we want you to be able to specify an _event_ time 
that is 
different from the time you post the event.  For example, you may post about a 
congressional hearing after it occurs, but set the event time to be when it 
started.  
You may even want to post about it _before_ it occurs, as a heads up to your 
readers, 
and the extra date/time field allows you to do this.

Original comment by ericzh...@google.com on 5 May 2010 at 2:32

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Ah! Thank you! That does make sense. Now that my idiot self understands the 
reasoning, it seems to me 
that the field ought to default to the published (wordpress timestamp) time. 
That way, it can remain a 
require field. 

It also seems like the labeling on the field was confusing, I'm commuting and 
not able to look at it right 
now, so I can't remember the exact title, just that I was confused. 

Perhaps changing the wording to something like: "optional: specify an event 
time."

cheers

Original comment by byjoeyba...@gmail.com on 5 May 2010 at 2:45