Timestamp for posts

What do you mean by "posts"? Are you asking about COMMENTS? Every "date" field in showcase use standard unix timestamp so if the data stored for your blog is in unix timestamp format, you won't have any problems. If its not, then it will have to be converted to standard unix timestamp. If there is just cronological data with no unix timestamp, then you can set one during import as long as you import oldest to newest.

 

Same thing applies. all DATE fields in showcase (and throughout XenForo) are stored as Unix Timestamps, so that won't be an issue for you.

Have you started on it yet? and are you in a huge hurry? If not, you might want to think about swapping Showcase for AMS (Article Management System). Its much better suited for use as a BLOG. Just want to give you a heads up before you spend a lot of time when a better Addon is very close to being available.

 

The XenForo Standard is to use an INT (10) field, however, the DATA stored in that field is a UNIX TIMESTAMP.

 

There is no set date. My PLAN (and plans change) is to let SELECT individuals have early access within the next 3-4 weeks (some maybe even sooner). As far as swapping out, not a problem.

There is no Developer Documentation if that is what you are after. The quickest way that I can think of that you can do is to look at the POST and THREAD tables and you will see that the DATE fields are stored in INT (10) fields. THEN, you look at the DataWriters and can see that DATE related data is being stored as a UNIX TIMESTAMP (which is pretty much an industry standard). You can also do a quick search with your IDE on a specific date field (like create_date) and check out the methods inside the Controllers and Models. Its pretty basic. Mostly just read and set. Template Helpers convert raw UNIX Timestamp values to human readable formatted data (which also converts based on users location (timezone).

 

Thats up to you. I can't make a promise of a DATE for release of AMS, all I can say is that its close to where I will be releasing to more people (not publicly tho). Also, there is no importer from Showcase to AMS. Have not even got to that point yet and won't unless there is a very large demand for it. If you KNOW what you are doing, you should be able to import from Showcase to AMS manually without much problem.

 

I don't see why not