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I'm exporting member data as xml from one site to another using Export It.

When I import the xml via the EE Member Import Utility the 'Join Date' for each imported member is '0'.

The join_date format in the exported xml is: 

<join_date>Jun 09, 2011, 07:46:04AM</join_date>
  1. Is this incorrect?
  2. Does it matter that the Join Date is 0?
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The join_date in ExpressionEngine is generally formatted as a UNIX timestamp and looks something like

field     type length value
join_date  INT  10    1118111578

It looks like your date is being converted to a human readable format on export, but you need to keep it as a UNIX Timestamp, for it to get stored properly.

I can't say, how much trouble maybe caused by the lack of a join_date or a join_date of 0. Anything that uses the join_date to calculate or display would be boinked, but in our installs, the join_date isn't used that much. Just to look-up when we added someone, if the were giving control panel access. So someone else would need to chime in on that component.

I believe Export It was designed to make your export Excel compatible, which is different from exporting data and re-importing it back into EE.

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  • Thank you! Very helpful. I'm now trying out AJW Export to get the member data - even after a quick play I can get the UNIX Timestamp for the join_date! – Matt Ellis Jan 17 '13 at 20:59
  • Excellent. I've had Andrew Weaver's products save my bacon a number of times. Glad AJW Export could help you. – nonprofit_tech Jan 17 '13 at 21:54

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