[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #36564: Last Modified for Comments

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#36564: Last Modified for Comments
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 Reporter:  dshanske                             |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Awaiting
Component:  Comments                             |  Review
 Severity:  trivial                              |     Version:  4.4
 Keywords:  needs-patch dev-feedback needs-      |  Resolution:
  unit-tests                                     |     Focuses:
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Comment (by dshanske):

 I had mentioned a bit vaguely in Slack what I wanted to use this for. I
 saw tickets where people wanted comment history, or comment revisions.
 Both are potentially useful, but they don't address the simplest element
 comments are missing in terms of history...a last modified date similar to
 the one that posts have.

 And in order for this to be stable, it has to be in a set place. So, my
 suggestion was to set the keys in comment meta for this. And then create
 some functions around this such as get_comment_updated_date.

 Maybe this idea is backward. Maybe the comment meta should be original
 date, and the modified date should be the existing one?

 I hadn't considered WP_Comment as an issue, because I haven't really
 started using it...makes me want to try though. Being as it mirrors a post
 feature...a modified date, it probably should be retrieved as part of
 WP_Comment.

 @chrisvanpatten has a perfect use case. But at the most basic level, I
 wanted to know the last time I updated a comment. I had been working on
 implementing Webmentions(something I hope to get into Core someday) and
 they allow for updates.

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