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<p>Custom modules and add their own dates to the list the <a href="&topic:date_api/date-filter&">Date API Views filter</a> and <a href="&topic:date_api/date-argument&">Date API Views argument</a> can handle. See the following example for the way that core dates have been added:</p>
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/**
* Implementation of hook_date_views_fields().
* on behalf of core fields.
*
* All modules that create custom fields that use the
* 'views_handler_field_date' handler can provide
* additional information here about the type of
* date they create so the date can be used by
* the Date API views date argument and date filter.
*/
function date_views_date_views_fields($field) {
$values = array(
// The type of date: DATE_UNIX, DATE_ISO, DATE_DATETIME.
'sql_type' => DATE_UNIX,
// Timezone handling options: 'none', 'site', 'date', 'utc'.
'tz_handling' => 'site',
// Needed only for dates that use 'date' tz_handling.
'timezone_field' => '',
// Needed only for dates that use 'date' tz_handling.
'offset_field' => '',
// Array of "table.field" values for related fields that should be
// loaded automatically in the Views SQL.
'related_fields' => array(),
// Granularity of this date field's db data.
'granularity' => array('year', 'month', 'day', 'hour', 'minute', 'second'),
);
switch ($field) {
case 'users.created':
case 'users.access':
case 'users.login':
case 'node.created':
case 'node.changed':
case 'node_revisions.timestamp':
case 'files.timestamp':
case 'node_counter.timestamp':
case 'accesslog.timestamp':
case 'comments.timestamp':
case 'node_comment_statistics.last_comment_timestamp':
return $values;
}
}
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