Did date formatting change from Sugar 7 to 8?

Question

In Sugar 7 when you would retrieve a bean and look at a date field it would already be formatted to the User's date format settings. Example:

$bean = BeanFactory::getBean('Contacts','1234-1234-1234-1234');
echo $bean->date_created; // <<< this would be already be formatted to the user settings

But if you do the same thing in Sugar 8, $bean->date_created will return the raw date value directly from the database. It will not be formatted.

Did something change in the order of the formatters? Is anyone else seeing this?

Thanks!

Chad Hutchins · Accepted Answer

Hello Chad Hutchins , That is one of the changes mentionned in the release note : http://support.sugarcrm.com/Documentation/Sugar_Versions/8.0/Pro/Sugar_8.0.0_Release_Notes/#Developer_Notes_for_Upgradin&hellip; "Dates on SugarBean objects should now be consistently formatted in the DB format instead of user-selected format. Developers should ensure their code relies on DB format when working with date information on SugarBean objects."