openedx / openedx/openedx-platform
Postpone the default course start date later than 1/1/2030
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Description
We should pick a date that definitely won't ever happen, like 1/1/2040
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Search the codebase for the default course start date and identify the setting or entry point that currently uses 1/1/2030. Update it to the agreed later date, then run the relevant tests or checks for course creation and confirm newly created courses use the new default.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100