Hi Joseph, this is normal behavior. You are not able to enter a year like 20?? in the submission form in a date field. But you're able to have (which you shouldn't) date like that by editing the item or importing it.
Claudia Jürgen Joseph Greene schrieb: > Thanks Claudia, > I should have mentioned that no 20?? dates appear in the > metadatavalue.text_value field, so I'm wondering where they went -- has > something happened in the transfer from input to database, or is that normal > behaviour? We are using DSpace 1.4.2. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Claudia Jürgen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 07 October 2008 15:54 > To: Joseph Greene > Cc: dspace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Dspace-tech] DSpace-tech Digest, Vol 30, Issue 16 > > Hi Joseph, > > the date will be stored in the mangled form. So if you got an item with > dc.date.issued= 20?? imported or created a mangled date via editing an > item, it will lead to some problems > - it will not be displayed properly in default item display > - it will not appear in browse lists > and so on. > > At the moment there is no metadata type to represent "fuzzy" dates, or > something like 123 b.c ... For the time being it might be best to create > an own metadata field for it and not use it as date type. > > Hope that helps > > Claudia Jürgen > > > Joseph Greene schrieb: >> Hello all, >> >> I'm reviewing our metadata input and would like to know if anyone knows > what >> happens to 'mangled dates'? We had been putting years in like 20?? When >> unsure of the exact publication date and I've found the following in the >> logs: >> >> 2008-07-31 12:26:53,293 WARN org.dspace.content.DCDate @ Mangled date: > 20?? >> Exception: java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "20??" >> >> How does DSpace handle this error-- what happens to the date? >> What do others do to represent unknown dates? >> >> Many thanks, >> >> Joseph Greene >> Institutional Repository Project Manager >> 325 James Joyce Library >> University College Dublin >> Belfield, Dublin 4 >> >> 353 (0)1 716 7398 >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://irserver.ucd.ie/dspace/ >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the > world >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> _______________________________________________ >> DSpace-tech mailing list >> DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > DSpace-tech mailing list > DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
