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Standardise type of timestamp database fields (MySQL)
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MediaWiki is using 14 char field as binary or varbinary or data type timestamp. Please clean this up, by using only one data type for all of them.

tables.sql contains a sentence about this:

-- The MySQL table backend for MediaWiki currently uses
-- 14-character BINARY or VARBINARY fields to store timestamps.
-- The format is YYYYMMDDHHMMSS, which is derived from the
-- text format of MySQL's TIMESTAMP fields.
--
-- Historically TIMESTAMP fields were used, but abandoned
-- in early 2002 after a lot of trouble with the fields
-- auto-updating.

Following fields are timestamp:

user_newpass_time binary(14),
user_touched binary(14) NOT NULL default '',
user_email_authenticated binary(14),
user_email_token_expires binary(14),
user_registration binary(14),
user_editcount int
user_last_timestamp varbinary(14) NULL default NULL
page_touched binary(14) NOT NULL default '',
rev_timestamp binary(14) NOT NULL default '',
ar_timestamp binary(14) NOT NULL default '',
cl_timestamp timestamp NOT NULL,
ipb_timestamp binary(14) NOT NULL default '',
ipb_expiry varbinary(14) NOT NULL default '',
img_timestamp varbinary(14) NOT NULL default '',
oi_timestamp binary(14) NOT NULL default '',
fa_deleted_timestamp binary(14) default '',
fa_timestamp binary(14) default '',
us_timestamp varbinary(14) NOT NULL,
rc_timestamp varbinary(14) NOT NULL default '',
rc_cur_time varbinary(14) NOT NULL default '',
wl_notificationtimestamp varbinary(14)
exptime datetime
tc_time binary(14) NOT NULL
log_timestamp binary(14) NOT NULL default '19700101000000',
job_timestamp varbinary(14) NULL default NULL,
qci_timestamp binary(14) NOT NULL default '19700101000000'
pr_expiry varbinary(14) NULL,
pt_timestamp binary(14) NOT NULL,
pt_expiry varbinary(14) NOT NULL default '',
mr_timestamp binary(14) NOT NULL

Version: 1.20.x
Severity: normal

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Ladsgroup added a comment.Jun 27 2020, 11:15 PM

I encountered this when doing T230428: Migrate tables.sql to abstract schema and probably do it with this task (or do it later) but I have a question. What about Postgres? Right now, mysql uses (var)binary but postgres uses TIMESTAMPTZ. Should I change it to varbinary for consistency or do hacks to make MySQL varbinary and Postgres TIMESTAMPTZ?

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Krinkle added a comment.Jul 13 2020, 5:05 PM

Related: T57912: Language#formatExpiry needs database connection

Ladsgroup claimed this task.Aug 9 2020, 7:34 PM

It seems I need to do this to achieve the abstract schema.

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gerritbot added a comment.Sep 12 2020, 10:02 PM

Change 626854 had a related patch set uploaded (by Ladsgroup; owner: Ladsgroup):
[mediawiki/core@master] Introduce TimestampType for handling custom db type in doctrine

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/626854

gerritbot added a comment.Sep 17 2020, 7:05 PM

Change 626854 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/core@master] Introduce TimestampType for handling custom db type in doctrine

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/626854

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.36-notes (1.36.0-wmf.10; 2020-09-22).Sep 17 2020, 9:00 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Sep 29 2020, 9:39 PM

Change 630955 had a related patch set uploaded (by Ladsgroup; owner: Ladsgroup):
[mediawiki/core@master] Migrate page_restrictions to abstract schema

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/630955

gerritbot added a comment.Oct 3 2020, 6:24 PM

Change 631936 had a related patch set uploaded (by Ladsgroup; owner: Ladsgroup):
[mediawiki/core@master] Trim whitespace from $expiry in Database::decodeExpiry()

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/631936

gerritbot added a comment.Oct 3 2020, 6:24 PM

Change 631937 had a related patch set uploaded (by Ladsgroup; owner: Ladsgroup):
[mediawiki/core@master] Migrate user_groups to abstract schema

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/631937

gerritbot added a comment.Oct 18 2020, 8:55 AM

Change 634767 had a related patch set uploaded (by Ladsgroup; owner: Ladsgroup):
[mediawiki/core@master] Add custom option called "allowInfinite" for Timestamp

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/634767

gerritbot added a comment.Oct 18 2020, 5:24 PM

Change 634767 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/core@master] Add custom option called "allowInfinite" for Timestamp

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/634767

ReleaseTaggerBot edited projects, added MW-1.36-notes (1.36.0-wmf.14; 2020-10-20); removed MW-1.36-notes (1.36.0-wmf.10; 2020-09-22).Oct 18 2020, 6:00 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Oct 19 2020, 9:17 AM

Change 630955 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/core@master] Migrate page_restrictions to abstract schema

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/630955

gerritbot added a comment.Oct 19 2020, 7:35 PM

Change 631937 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/core@master] Migrate user_groups to abstract schema

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/631937

Ladsgroup mentioned this in T266486: Schema change to turn user_last_timestamp.user_newtalk to binary(14).Oct 26 2020, 4:37 PM
Ladsgroup mentioned this in T267335: Drop default of protected_titles.pt_expiry .Nov 5 2020, 3:14 PM
Ladsgroup mentioned this in T267399: Drop default of ip_changes.ipc_rev_timestamp.Nov 6 2020, 1:10 PM
Ammarpad mentioned this in T267767: Drop default of revactor_timestamp.Nov 12 2020, 4:31 AM
gerritbot added a comment.Nov 18 2020, 10:10 AM

Change 641701 had a related patch set uploaded (by Ammarpad; owner: Ammarpad):
[mediawiki/core@master] Migrate job to abstract schema

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/641701

gerritbot added a comment.Nov 21 2020, 10:50 PM

Change 642685 had a related patch set uploaded (by Ladsgroup; owner: Ladsgroup):
[mediawiki/core@master] Add patch to set wl_notificationtimestamp BINARY(14)

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/642685

gerritbot added a comment.Nov 21 2020, 11:02 PM

Change 641701 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/core@master] Migrate job to abstract schema

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/641701

ReleaseTaggerBot edited projects, added MW-1.36-notes (1.36.0-wmf.20; 2020-12-01); removed MW-1.36-notes (1.36.0-wmf.14; 2020-10-20).Nov 22 2020, 12:01 AM
gerritbot added a comment.Nov 22 2020, 12:10 AM

Change 642685 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/core@master] Add patch to set wl_notificationtimestamp BINARY(14)

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/642685

Ladsgroup mentioned this in T268391: Schema change for timestamp fields of jobs table.Nov 22 2020, 12:32 AM
Ladsgroup mentioned this in T268392: Schema change for watchlist.wl_notificationtimestamp going binary(14) from varbinary(14).Nov 22 2020, 12:35 AM
Ladsgroup mentioned this in T269463: Drop cl_timestamp.Dec 4 2020, 6:36 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Dec 13 2020, 5:48 PM

Change 649102 had a related patch set uploaded (by Ladsgroup; owner: Ladsgroup):
[mediawiki/core@master] Migrate uploadstash to abstract schema

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/649102

Ladsgroup mentioned this in T270055: Schema change for timestamp field of uploadstash.Dec 13 2020, 7:30 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Dec 13 2020, 7:37 PM

Change 649102 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/core@master] Migrate uploadstash to abstract schema

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/649102

ReleaseTaggerBot edited projects, added MW-1.36-notes (1.36.0-wmf.22; 2020-12-15); removed MW-1.36-notes (1.36.0-wmf.20; 2020-12-01).Dec 13 2020, 8:00 PM
nshahquinn-wmf updated the task description. (Show Details)Dec 18 2020, 6:20 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Dec 20 2020, 10:22 PM

Change 651001 had a related patch set uploaded (by Ladsgroup; owner: Ladsgroup):
[mediawiki/core@master] [WIP] Migrate filearchive to abstract schema

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/651001

gerritbot added a comment.Dec 23 2020, 4:04 AM

Change 651001 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/core@master] Migrate filearchive to abstract schema

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/651001

ReleaseTaggerBot edited projects, added MW-1.36-notes (1.36.0-wmf.25; 2021-01-05); removed MW-1.36-notes (1.36.0-wmf.22; 2020-12-15).Dec 23 2020, 5:00 AM
Ladsgroup closed subtask T270032: Find a solution for cl_timestamp as Resolved.Jan 3 2021, 12:25 PM
Ammarpad added a subtask: T271062: Force truncation of objectcache table during database schema update.Jan 3 2021, 3:20 PM
Ammarpad closed subtask T271062: Force truncation of objectcache table during database schema update as Resolved.Jan 20 2021, 12:31 PM
Ladsgroup mentioned this in T272511: Drop default of oldimage.oi_timestamp.Jan 20 2021, 5:08 PM
Ladsgroup mentioned this in T272512: Apply outstanding schema changes for "objectcache" tables in production (exptime, flags, modtoken).Jan 20 2021, 5:15 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Jan 23 2021, 5:06 AM

Change 657949 had a related patch set uploaded (by Ladsgroup; owner: Ladsgroup):
[mediawiki/core@master] Migrate ipblocks to abstract schema

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/657949

gerritbot added a comment.Jan 23 2021, 7:14 PM

Change 657949 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/core@master] Migrate ipblocks to abstract schema

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/657949

ReleaseTaggerBot edited projects, added MW-1.36-notes (1.36.0-wmf.28; 2021-01-26); removed MW-1.36-notes (1.36.0-wmf.25; 2021-01-05).Jan 23 2021, 8:00 PM
Ladsgroup mentioned this in T273358: Schema change for dropping defaults of ipb_timestamp and ipb_expiry.Jan 30 2021, 12:31 PM
Ladsgroup mentioned this in T273359: Schema change for renaming name_title_timestamp on archive table.Jan 30 2021, 12:39 PM
Ladsgroup mentioned this in T273360: Schema change for dropping default of img_timestamp and making it binary(14).Jan 30 2021, 12:47 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Feb 26 2021, 12:54 PM

Change 667158 had a related patch set uploaded (by Ladsgroup; owner: Ladsgroup):
[mediawiki/core@master] Migrate recentchanges table to abstract schema

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/667158

gerritbot added a comment.Feb 27 2021, 5:49 PM

Change 667158 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/core@master] Migrate recentchanges table to abstract schema

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/667158

ReleaseTaggerBot edited projects, added MW-1.36-notes (1.36.0-wmf.33; 2021-03-02); removed MW-1.36-notes (1.36.0-wmf.28; 2021-01-26).Feb 27 2021, 6:00 PM
Ladsgroup added a comment.Feb 27 2021, 6:13 PM

So far this happens with timestamp types in MySQL:

  • Most of them are being migrated to use binary(14) instead of varbinary(14)
  • Except the ones that hold expiry dates. These fields hold "infinite" as value and that's a valid Postgres timestamp so it works across platforms *shrugs*
  • We are dropping empty string as default value of these fields, empty string is not a valid timestamp, use null instead.
  • categorylinks uses mysql native datetime datatype which is really really hard to turn into binary(14). We left it like that for now.
  • objectcache was also similar but it gets cleaned up in new installations so we changed it to binary(14).
Ladsgroup mentioned this in T276156: Drop default of rc_timestamp.Mar 1 2021, 7:53 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Mar 4 2021, 8:21 PM

Change 668548 had a related patch set uploaded (by Ladsgroup; owner: Ladsgroup):
[mediawiki/core@master] Add schema change for img_timestamp varbinary(14) to binary(14)

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/668548

gerritbot added a comment.Mar 4 2021, 9:16 PM

Change 668548 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/core@master] Add schema change for img_timestamp varbinary(14) to binary(14)

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/668548

DannyS712 mentioned this in T276734: ORES tests failing: Field 'rc_timestamp' doesn't have a default value.Mar 7 2021, 11:50 PM
Ladsgroup mentioned this in T277116: fa_deleted_timestamp and fa_timestamp are binary(14) in code but varbinary(14) in production.Mar 10 2021, 11:49 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Mar 13 2021, 7:53 PM

Change 671679 had a related patch set uploaded (by Ladsgroup; owner: Ladsgroup):
[mediawiki/core@master] Migrate archive table to abstract schema

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/671679

gerritbot added a comment.Mar 13 2021, 8:57 PM

Change 671683 had a related patch set uploaded (by Ladsgroup; owner: Ladsgroup):
[mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase@master] Set ar_timestamp in PurgeEntityDataJobTest

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/671683

gerritbot added a comment.Mar 13 2021, 9:31 PM

Change 671683 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase@master] Set ar_timestamp in PurgeEntityDataJobTest

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/671683

ReleaseTaggerBot edited projects, added MW-1.36-notes (1.36.0-wmf.35; 2021-03-16); removed MW-1.36-notes (1.36.0-wmf.33; 2021-03-02).Mar 13 2021, 10:00 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Mar 14 2021, 5:53 AM

Change 671679 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/core@master] Migrate archive table to abstract schema

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/671679

Ladsgroup mentioned this in T278619: ipb_timestamp is varbinary(14) in old wikis while being binary(14) in the code since 2007.Mar 27 2021, 12:52 PM
Ladsgroup mentioned this in T282371: Schema change for dropping default of ar_timestamp.May 9 2021, 11:49 AM
Ladsgroup mentioned this in T282372: Schema change for dropping default of page_touched.
Ladsgroup mentioned this in T282373: Schema change for dropping default of user_touched.May 9 2021, 11:52 AM
Ladsgroup mentioned this in T283461: Change datatype of cl_timestamp from timestamp to binary(14).May 23 2021, 1:45 PM
Ladsgroup closed this task as Resolved.May 23 2021, 1:47 PM

With migration of all tables that have timestamp to abstract schema, this is now done (T230428: Migrate tables.sql to abstract schema)

To recap:

  • All timestamps are now binary(14), without empty string as default (some have null, some have 1970lotsofzeros)
  • The exception being timestamps that are used for expiry and then can accept "infinity". They are varbinary(14).
  • Only one exception: categorylinks (cl_timestamp). It's timestamp and hopefully will be tackled once categorylinks is normalized (T222224) and stops being the monster it is now. (T283461: Change datatype of cl_timestamp from timestamp to binary(14))
Ladsgroup mentioned this in T289894: Create proposal for table/schema to store campaign registration data [high priority].Nov 17 2021, 10:39 PM
Maintenance_bot moved this task from Incoming to Done on the User-Ladsgroup board.Nov 17 2021, 11:15 PM
Umherirrender mentioned this in T298212: Research items from Drift tracker report (December 2021) and create specific tasks to fix the issues.Dec 22 2021, 7:52 PM
Umherirrender mentioned this in T298554: Fix mismatching field type of archive.ar_timestamp on wmf wikis.Jan 4 2022, 7:37 PM
Umherirrender mentioned this in T298555: Fix mismatching field type of logging.log_timestamp on wmf wikis.
Umherirrender mentioned this in T298556: Fix mismatching field type of oldimage.oi_timestamp on wmf wikis.
Umherirrender mentioned this in T298557: Fix mismatching field type of page.page_touched on wmf wikis.
Umherirrender mentioned this in T298558: Fix mismatching field type of protected_titles.pt_timestamp on wmf wikis.
Umherirrender mentioned this in T298559: Fix mismatching field type of querycache_info.qci_timestamp on wmf wikis.
Umherirrender mentioned this in T298560: Fix mismatching field type of revision.rev_timestamp on wmf wikis.
Umherirrender mentioned this in T298565: Fix mismatching field type of user table for columns user_email_authenticated, user_email_token, user_email_token_expires, user_newpass_time, user_registration, user_token, user_touched on wmf wikis.Jan 4 2022, 8:23 PM
Umherirrender mentioned this in T298652: Standardise type for br_timestamp column.Jan 5 2022, 8:06 PM
Umherirrender mentioned this in T298656: Standardise type for transcode_time_* columns.Jan 5 2022, 8:26 PM
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Umherirrender mentioned this in T300575: Standardise default for cu_changes.cuc_timestamp on CheckUser extension.Jan 31 2022, 9:14 PM
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gerritbot added a comment.May 9 2023, 2:32 PM

Change 631936 abandoned by Ladsgroup:

[mediawiki/core@master] Trim whitespace from $expiry in Database::decodeExpiry()

Reason:

not needed anymore. Feel free to restore if you need it

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/631936

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