On 5/18/05, Brion Vibber <brion(a)pobox.com> wrote:
We could really use more details here, such as *what
sort* of wrong
dates are seen. Specifically what they are, and specifically where they
are seen. Comparitive times (eg 'I saw "May 99, 2199" at the date for
three changes on Recent Changes at about 12:40 UTC on May 16') and
confirming screen shots may help.
Take a look at the backwards history of [[en:User:Maustrauser]], where
the timestamps actually run backward.
Also there's [[en:Mineirão]]. Here an anon created the article and
made several subsequent edits. Then user Jp347 added the copyedit tag
- but the database records that copyedit request as the *first* edit.
Commending on WP:HD, Jp347 says the timestamp attached to the copyedit
addition isn't correct, and that rather than create the article as the
history suggests, he added the tag afterward, as described above.
I've seen weird stuff happen before, where some edits are
/temporarily/ hidden (e.g. where users appear to be editwarring with
themselves) and I guess this is due to the database lag Brion
mentioned. That problem always went away after a while (presumably
after the slaves caught up) but this problem seems to be a genuinely
(and permanently) wrong database condition. So I guess this is a
different issue, presumably something to do with timestamps.
--
John Fader