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authorRuss Allbery <eagle@eyrie.org>2014-07-15 16:50:13 -0700
committerRuss Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>2014-07-15 21:10:16 -0700
commit6d7b65a912e6ea7e36d3ea5121bea2f427de453f (patch)
tree8365b87e9ad1539f8f3b89d3e251df1eebc17fdd /NEWS
parent284b4a8201ef5cfcf44e9571ab155425b4e6a44f (diff)
Use DateTime objects in the database layer, not strings
Pass in DateTime objects for the date fields in the database instead of formatted time strings. This provides better compatibility with different database engines. Document in README the need to install the DateTime::Format::* module corresponding to the DBD::* module used for the server database. Change-Id: Id25796da718d734ac96ca27ccea9045b0c80c03f Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.stanford.edu/1551 Reviewed-by: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu> Tested-by: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
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@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ wallet 1.1 (unreleased)
and an incorrect linkage in the schema for the ACL history, and add
indices for the object type, name, and ACL instead.
+ Pass in DateTime objects for the date fields in the database instead
+ of formatted time strings. This provides better compatibility with
+ different database engines. Document in README the need to install
+ the DateTime::Format::* module corresponding to the DBD::* module used
+ for the server database.
+
The wallet server now requires Perl 5.8 or later (instead of 5.006 in
previous versions) and is now built with Module::Build instead of
ExtUtils::MakeMaker. This should be transparent to anyone not working