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murklins ([personal profile] murklins) wrote in [site community profile] dw_dev2010-05-22 12:19 pm
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XML-RPC log time

A few days ago I asked some XML-RPC questions, one of which was about how to obtain the entry log time (the server-based creation time) through the protocol. It turns out there isn't a way!

The getevent call returns the eventtime parameter, which is the poster-specified datetime, not the log time. The syncitems call returns a list of all the items that have been created or updated for a user, along with the server time -- but once an item has been updated, it only returns the update time, and the create time cannot be obtained.

[personal profile] pauamma thought there would be value in returning the log time and the update time separately, and I agree, but suggested we get some opinions on that change here. So: thoughts?

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