[Zope] How can I reset zope time???

[Jens Vagelpohl]

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On 22 Mar 2007, at 17:11, flem wrote:

> Through a zwiki a spammer proxied some information though a zope  
> server using zwiki's comments (be aware!). The spammer had dated  
> his ip-packets 11/12-2007. And all my changes got the same date!  
> So, I couldn't shrink all the undo actions though the database  
> shrinker (later I found out that should just use -300). To get rid  
> of 10 GB of undo history, I changed the computers time to  
> 12/12-2007 and then undoed and gave the computer the right time  
> again. Fine!
>
> But, now, not only have all my changes the date 12/12-2007 in the  
> undo history, every object I have changed gets this date as well!  
> Apparently, zope won't accept to go backward in time.
>
> How do I reset the zope's time?

Undo is transactional, meaning an undo is actually a new transaction  
instead of removing an old transaction. What you are trying to do is  
not possible, unless you physically truncate the database.

jens



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