Unable to change Uploaded On in Bulk Edit

Thanks for your report. I have just run a quick test on my system and bulk changing the uploaded date is working there (with PHP version 8.0.9). I don’t think the PHP version matters but I can try another test using PHP 7.0.27 or 7.4.4 later.

I used your format, “2021-04-24” and also slashes, “2021/04/24”; both work.

Is there any additional information in the error log? You should be able to see it by navigating to the Settings/Media Library Assistant Debug tab.

Thanks for any additional details you can provide.

David,
Thanks for your reply. A bit more detail. I am using a QNAP NAS and WordPress is installed within a container station. This could be part of the problem.
The Debug settings are;

Debug Settings
Display Limit	131072
Debug File	
Replace PHP log	
PHP Reporting	0x7FFF
MLA Reporting	3
MLA_DEBUG_LEVEL	0x0001
PHP error_reporting	0x7FFF
Old PHP error_log	/var/www/html/WordPress/wp-content/debug.log
New PHP error_log	/var/www/html/WordPress/wp-content/debug.log
WP_DEBUG	true
WP_DEBUG_LOG	true
WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY	true
WP_CONTENT_DIR	/var/www/html/WordPress/wp-content

When I check the debug log the tab indicates;

The Errpr Log;

[30-Jul-2022 03:38:48 UTC] 694 MLACore::mla_plugins_loaded_action() MLA 3.01 () mla_debug_level 0x3
[30-Jul-2022 03:39:34 UTC] 694 MLACore::mla_plugins_loaded_action() MLA 3.01 () mla_debug_level 0x3
[30-Jul-2022 03:39:54 UTC] 694 MLACore::mla_plugins_loaded_action() MLA 3.01 () mla_debug_level 0x3
[30-Jul-2022 03:39:54 UTC] 37 MLA_Ajax::initialize( false ) $_REQUEST = array (
  'action' => 'mla-inline-edit-scripts',
  'mla_admin_nonce' => 'b0cdaaab5f',
  'bulk_action' => 'bulk_edit',
  'cb_offset' => '0',
  'cb_count' => '3',
  'cb_attachment' => 
  array (
    0 => '853',
    1 => '852',
    2 => '851',
  ),
  'tax_input' => 
  array (
    'attachment_category' => 
    array (
      0 => '0',
    ),
    'attachment_tag' => '',
  ),
  'search-attachment_category' => 'Search Att. Categories',
  'tax_action' => 
  array (
    'attachment_category' => 'add',
    'attachment_tag' => 'add',
  ),
  'post_title' => '',
  'post_excerpt' => '',
  'post_content' => '',
  'image_alt' => '',
  'post_date' => '2021/04/14',
  'post_parent' => '',
  'post_author' => '-1',
  'comment_status' => '-1',
  'ping_status' => '-1',
  'page' => 'mla-menu',
  'screen' => 'media_page_mla-menu',
)
[30-Jul-2022 03:39:54 UTC] 1299 MLA::mla_process_bulk_action( edit ) request = array (
  'action' => 'mla-inline-edit-scripts',
  'mla_admin_nonce' => 'b0cdaaab5f',
  'bulk_action' => 'bulk_edit',
  'cb_offset' => '0',
  'cb_count' => '3',
  'cb_attachment' => 
  array (
    0 => '853',
    1 => '852',
    2 => '851',
  ),
  'tax_input' => 
  array (
    'attachment_category' => 
    array (
      0 => '0',
    ),
    'attachment_tag' => '',
  ),
  'search-attachment_category' => 'Search Att. Categories',
  'tax_action' => 
  array (
    'attachment_category' => 'add',
    'attachment_tag' => 'add',
  ),
  'post_title' => '',
  'post_excerpt' => '',
  'post_content' => '',
  'image_alt' => '',
  'post_date' => '2021/04/14',
  'post_parent' => '',
  'post_author' => '-1',
  'comment_status' => '-1',
  'ping_status' => '-1',
  'page' => 'mla-menu',
  'screen' => 'media_page_mla-menu',
  'bulk_edit' => 'Update',
  'mla_bulk_action_do_cleanup' => true,
)
[30-Jul-2022 03:39:54 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Exception: DateTimeZone::__construct(): Unknown or bad timezone (10) in /var/www/html/WordPress/wp-content/plugins/media-library-assistant/includes/class-mla-main.php:1066
Stack trace:
#0 /var/www/html/WordPress/wp-content/plugins/media-library-assistant/includes/class-mla-main.php(1066): DateTimeZone->__construct('10')
#1 /var/www/html/WordPress/wp-content/plugins/media-library-assistant/includes/class-mla-main.php(1376): MLA::mla_prepare_bulk_edits('853', Array, Array)
#2 /var/www/html/WordPress/wp-content/plugins/media-library-assistant/includes/class-mla-main.php(1867): MLA::mla_process_bulk_action('edit')
#3 /var/www/html/WordPress/wp-content/plugins/media-library-assistant/includes/class-mla-main.php(1888): MLA::_bulk_edit_ajax_handler()
#4 /var/www/html/WordPress/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(307): MLA::mla_inline_edit_ajax_action('')
#5 /var/www/html/WordPress/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(331): WP_Hook->apply_filters('', Array)
#6 /var/www/html/WordPress/wp-includes/plugin.php(476): WP_Hook- in /var/www/html/WordPress/wp-content/plugins/media-library-assistant/includes/class-mla-main.php on line 1066
[30-Jul-2022 03:40:10 UTC] 694 MLACore::mla_plugins_loaded_action() MLA 3.01 () mla_debug_level 0x3
[30-Jul-2022 03:40:12 UTC] 694 MLACore::mla_plugins_loaded_action() MLA 3.01 () mla_debug_level 0x3

In addition because QNAP uses the Container Station calls are made in an indirect referral eg.
define( ‘WP_DEBUG’, !!getenv_docker(‘WORDPRESS_DEBUG’, ‘1’) );
I am not sure if this would affect MLA in any way since all plugin installs are made within the container.

Cheers

Solution. Use City based Timezone setting in General Settings. Manual UTC+10 (for Eastern Standard Time) not recognised?
Bulk update of Updated On is now working.

Cheers John

Thanks for your posts with the additional information and especially for finding a solution to the timezone problem. Without the error log details it would have taken a long time to get to the root cause of the error.

I will see if I can improve the MLA code to prevent the problem for other users. I am leaving this topic resolved, but please update it if you have any problems or further questions regarding the Uploaded on editing. Thanks for your interest in MLA.

I have made some code changes to properly handle Timezone settings with a positive UTC offset value, e.g., “UTC+10” for Eastern Standard Time. The fix will be in my next MLA version.

Thanks for alerting me to this MLA defect!