Set relative "starting from" value in the past (formatter settings) [#1598832]

I use Date field with "Date and time" formatter.
For this formatter I can set "starting from" option to now ('now'), relative feature ('+1 day') or any date in format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.

That will be useful to set '-1 day', but as I can see, arg_parts()/arg_range() don't support relative dates with '-' (like my 'P-1D').
If I set '-1 day' it is recognized as 'now'. Is it required restriction?

Comment	File	Size	Author
#3	date-fix-1598832-3.patch	1.05 KB	chaps2
#3	7.x-2.x: PHP 7.1 & MySQL 5.5, D7 50 pass
#2	2012-05-24_22-32-55.jpg	35.63 KB	kalabro

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Comment #1

KarenS CreditAttribution: KarenS commented 24 May 2012 at 18:00

I'm having trouble understanding, sorry. Can you try to clarify?

Comment #2

kalabro

she/her

CreditAttribution: kalabro commented 24 May 2012 at 18:59

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2012-05-24_22-32-55.jpg	35.63 KB

I'm so sorry. One more try:

I have Date field with Unlimited count of values.
I use formatter "Date and time" for displaying my field values.
I want to display only values later than yesterday.
I'm trying to use setting "starting from" but it doesn't allow relative dates in the past.

I looked through the code and understood that for now it can't be done, so I created feature request.

Is that will be difficult to allow any strtotime() string for flexibility and then convert it to ISO format?

Comment #2.0

kalabro

she/her

CreditAttribution: kalabro commented 24 May 2012 at 18:59

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Comment #3

chaps2 CreditAttribution: chaps2 commented 7 August 2015 at 12:15

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File	Size
date-fix-1598832-3.patch	1.05 KB
7.x-2.x: PHP 7.1 & MySQL 5.5, D7 50 pass

Issue is still present in 7.x-2.x. Patch attached which allows negative relative dates - e.g. "now -2 days".

Comment #4

DamienMcKenna

NH, USA

CreditAttribution: DamienMcKenna at Mediacurrent commented 30 October 2018 at 01:51

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» Needs review

Thanks for the patch, we'll try to review it soon.

BTW when you upload a patch it helps to set the status to "needs review", that triggers the testbots and lets others know that there's something review.