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   2  Date API Installation instructions:
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   4  1) If you have an earlier version of the Date module on your system, empty the
   5     date folder out completely. The files in version 2 have different names and are
   6     located in different places.
   7  
   8  2) Download the whole package of files from http://drupal.org/project/date.
   9  
  10  3) Upload the date files to the modules directory. The package includes files 
  11     needed by the Date API, and optional modules to to create CCK date fields.
  12  
  13  4) Go to admin/build/modules and enable the needed modules from the Date/Time group. 
  14  
  15  You should end up with a structure like: 
  16  
  17     /drupal/sites/all/modules/date/date_api.info
  18     /drupal/sites/all/modules/date/date_api.install
  19     /drupal/sites/all/modules/date/date_api.module
  20     ...
  21  
  22     /drupal/sites/all/modules/date/date/date.info
  23     /drupal/sites/all/modules/date/date/date.install
  24     /drupal/sites/all/modules/date/date/date.module
  25     ...
  26  
  27     /drupal/sites/all/modules/date/date_copy/date_copy.info
  28     /drupal/sites/all/modules/date/date_copy/date_copy.module
  29     ...
  30  
  31     /drupal/sites/all/modules/date/date_php4/date_php4.inc
  32     /drupal/sites/all/modules/date/date_php4/date_php4_lib.inc
  33     ...
  34  
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  36  Older PHP versions
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  38  If you are using PHP 4 or PHP 5.0 or 5.1, native date handling won't work right.
  39  Install the Date_PHP4 module to enable wrapper functions so this code will work
  40  in old PHP versions. 
  41  
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  43  Enable Date Timezone
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  45  In most cases, you should enable the Date Timezone module any time you use the
  46  Date API to be able to set the site and user timezone names. It is not enabled by 
  47  default in case another module is setting timezone names in the database.
  48  
  49  Once you have enabled it, go to admin/settings/date-time and set the default 
  50  site timezone name. If you are using user timezones, go to your account settings
  51  and set up your own timezone name.
  52  
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  54  Install CCK Date Fields:
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  56  
  57  1) The CCK date field is included in the Date files at http://drupal.org/project/date.
  58  
  59  2) Go to admin/build/modules and enable the Date module. Be sure that the Date API module,
  60     the Date Timezone module, and the Content module are also installed.
  61  
  62  3) Go to admin/content/types to view cck content types and edit a content type.
  63  
  64  4) Make sure the default timezone name has been set at admin/settings/date-time.
  65  
  66  5) While viewing a content type, select the option to add a new field from the tabs at
  67     the top of the page. Several options for date fields should be visible.
  68     
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  70  More documentation is available at http://drupal.org/node/92460.
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