[Zope-dev] Call for a creation_datetime property!

[Rik Hoekstra]

"Jay, Dylan" wrote:
> 
> It is really a painful thing to do without.  I realize I can add this
> capability to factories of my own objects but I don't want to have to create
> my own versions of dtml-document and everything else just to ensure that a
> creation date is kept. I've tried using transaction logs but this is very
> dodgy for the following reasons. 1) An object can be created by many
> different methods. Its guess work working out which created the object. 2)
> The odb can be packed and then you've just lost your creation date.
> 
> Can anyone give a good reason not to include this property as a standard for
> all ZODB objects?
> 

A me too here

Rik