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[Robert Lyon <robertl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think I've just remembered why I didn't add the start / end times to
the default group settings.

Unlike all the other settings, which are static, these 2 are dynamic -
in the sense that if I set an exact start time, eg 25/05/2020 12:00 and
an exact end time, eg 15/06/2020 12:00 this will make sense for groups I
make today - but not for groups I make in 12 months from now.

It will mean constant updating if used.

I'm wondering if instead of setting it to an exact date (via a calendar
selector) we can set it to a valid strtotime() value that can be turned
into a date when creating a group.

For example if we had a site where they only wanted group members to
edit groups during a semister we could have starttime = 'first day of
sixth month' and endtime = 'last day of tenth month' then it will always
make sensible group start/end dates no matter what year it was.

See https://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.formats.relative.php for
other options

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1875492

Title:
  Add 'start' and 'end' date  options to the default group page settings

Status in Mahara:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  These settings are missing from admin/groups/settings.php page

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