[Zope] maintaining last_modified_date when copying an object

[Paul Winkler]

On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 08:06:45AM -0500, Jens Vagelpohl wrote:
> if by last modified dat you mean "bobobase_modification_time" then no, 
> there is no way. that value is generated by the underlying ZODB code 
> and cannot be set.
> 
> if you have products where you want to store a modification date it is 
> recommended that you set your own attribute and manipulate that 
> attribute instead of relying on bobobase_modification_time, over which 
> you have no control.

Note that this has been addressed in zope 3, so when zope 3
is useable you won't need to roll your own anymore. :)

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