Set Current Date and Time in Editpost

Set Current Date and Time in Editpost v1.0

This hack was requested by Rose in this thread:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=51653

Many thanks goes out to Tigga without whom this hack would never have been made. He helped me see a simpler way of doing something that I had only seen as complicated. Thank you, sir.

What this hack does:
When editing a post, there will now be a checkbox to set the date and time of that post to the current posting time. This hack is for those who have threads or posts they edit on a continual basis and need it to rise to the top of the thread list and show as a new post on the forumdisplay and forumhome.

Files to edit: 1 (editpost.php)
Templates to edit: 1 (editpost)
Install time: 5 minutes (if you are really slow)

[high]Please click the install button if you find this hack useful.[/high]

[Boofo]

Recheck the install. I have been running here here with no problems for the last 2 weeks now. What is it doing on a regular post?

[yxboom]

I post, then in edit I check the Update option and then it takes you to the post but the same original time and date show up and it doesn't affect bumping at all it remains where it was when the time it was originally posted if it is the last post. I am certain I did nothing in error with the install. Only modification was made was where I put the check box.

Edit to add: rechecked install....nada. aranoid:

[Boofo]

Try posting and waiting 5 minutes to edit it. If you edit it right after posting, the time may still be the same as the current time.

Better yet, try use the checkbox on a post that is a few days old.

[yxboom]

Hey I resemble that remark!

I had not waited 5 mins the first time. I learned my lesson from Crazy Pete's post which is why I tried it on another post.

Here I even edited a post I made back on the 10th just for you

[MetroSports82]

nice addition, thanks Boofo!

[high]* MetroSports82 licks install.[/high]

[Boofo]

Today at 04:21 PM yxboom said this in Post #14
Hey I resemble that remark!

I had not waited 5 mins the first time. I learned my lesson from Crazy Pete's post which is why I tried it on another post.

Here I even edited a post I made back on the 10th just for you

So, does it work now then? And I have to register to use that link.

Thanks, MetroSports82. Enjoy!

[yxboom]

Actually no it still does not.

Sorry. Try this link instead. You will see the post is still back dated to May 2nd even though I edited it today on the 16th.

[Martin64]

Excellent, very smart hack. I'll install this.

[-Sidekick-]

Today at 03:55 PM Crazy Pete said this in Post #9
This doesn't seem to want to work correctly with a sticky, though. I have one sticky thread that I just edited and was hoping to bump up but it didn't seem to update the date/time on it at all, even though I checked the box before I hit submit.

[Edit -- Err, nevermind. It doesn't seem to want to work for me at all regardless. Guess I'll have to uninstall for now. ]

I'm confused. Why would you have to bump a Sticky Thread?

[Boofo]

Today at 07:06 PM yxboom said this in Post #17
Actually no it still does not.

Sorry. Try this link instead. You will see the post is still back dated to May 2nd even though I edited it today on the 16th.

Did you checkmark the Current date and Time box? And did you add this part?

$editedbysql$attachmentsql$updatedate

There's no way that it should not be updating the time and date.