Write:Post>Save shouldn't "Saved on: 1999-11-30 at 00:00"

[lloydbudd]

Write:Post>Save shouldn't "Saved on: 1999-11-30 at 00:00"

ENV: WP trunk r6735 (2.4-bleeding)

Clicking Save when authoring a new post results in the phrase "Saved on: 1999-11-30 at 00:00" above the Save and Publish buttons. The time shown should be the time the post was saved.

[ryan]

For drafts we should use post_modified rather than post_date for the saved on date.

[ffemtcj]

Fixes problem of saved on

[ffemtcj]

Replying to ryan:

For drafts we should use post_modified rather than post_date for the saved on date.

Here is a patch that fixes the problem with saving posts and pages. My only concern is that when you save a post (or page), above the save button in the light blue area it says Saved on: <date> then below the save button in the grey area it says last edited on <date>.. Because they are both date_modified, they both show up the same. Isn't this a little redundant?

[DD32]

Uses post_modified if post_date is 0000..

[markjaquith]

Yeah, I don't get the point of "Saved on" -- that'll be the same as "last modified" except for published posts "which show "published on." Why not just axe the "Saved on" text?

[ryan]

The design mockups have it saying "Saved by Joe User on xxx", but we don't store the last user who modified the post anywhere. It's meant to let people know if someone else is editing the post and when they did it. Perhaps we could save the ID of the last person to edit in postmeta.

[DD32]

2nd patch added to fix Future posts.

Future posts set post_date to a future date, while still being a draft, So WordPress cannot make its decisions based on a null time, only the status of the post. See #5755 which is another symptom of this display issue i believe.

Re: Saved on

I personally feel "Last Modified" should be shown in the exact same place as "Published on" on the next line IF the modified time is different from the post time. They're equal data, and theres no reason why the last modified should be hidden below it.

I also think the Autosave should be modified to update the same fields/locations, but i think that might be coming in more of the redesign anyway.

[ryan]

I don't think anyone is working on updating the fields with autosave, but that's something I've been wanting. Showing the Preview button after autosaving a new post might be nice too. Hopefully the button popping out of nowhere wouldn't be too visually jarring.

[ryan]

(In [6768]) Fix display of dates for drafts and future posts. Props DD32 and ffemtcj. see #5774