# You say it's your birthday? **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature\ **Tags:** rfc, spec\ **Created:** [2015年一月30日 00:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-say-its-your-birthday/24594 "2015-01-30T00:55:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![geoff777](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/geoff777/32/202388_2.png) [@geoff777](https://meta.discourse.org/u/geoff777)\ **Post date:** [2015年八月15日 14:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-say-its-your-birthday/24594/24 "2015-08-15T14:05:44Z")
After this plugin can we have a rewrite of 🙀 Farmville? ---
**Author:** ![tgxworld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tgxworld/32/106117_2.png) [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)\ **Post date:** [2015年八月20日 12:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-say-its-your-birthday/24594/25 "2015-08-20T12:56:59Z")
Started work on the plugin 😄 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/1/111687937a9c9aedacb0e4f904353ec8a804e4b2.gif) [https://github.com/tgxworld/discourse-its-your-birthday](https://github.com/tgxworld/discourse-its-your-birthday) As of right now, the default date that it uses is the day the user joined Discourse. (I don’t really like it since it isn’t actually the user’s birthday). In the coming days, I’ll add the option to update the user’s date of birth under user preferences. 🍰 ---
**Author:** ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Post date:** [2015年八月20日 13:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-say-its-your-birthday/24594/26 "2015-08-20T13:36:26Z")
> [@tgxworld](#): > > (I don’t really like it since it isn’t actually the user’s birthday). That could be alleviated by renaming the plugin to “Cake Day”, like OP alluded to. ---
**Author:** ![tgxworld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tgxworld/32/106117_2.png) [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)\ **Post date:** [2015年八月20日 14:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-say-its-your-birthday/24594/27 "2015-08-20T14:00:52Z")
But but… [http://tiempocio.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/07/The-Cake-is-a-Lie.jpg](http://tiempocio.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/07/The-Cake-is-a-Lie.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Post date:** [2015年八月20日 23:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-say-its-your-birthday/24594/28 "2015-08-20T23:26:33Z")
> [@tgxworld](#): > > I’ll add the option to update the user’s date of birth under user preferences. @codinghorror should this be a core feature? ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [2015年八月21日 00:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-say-its-your-birthday/24594/29 "2015-08-21T00:22:45Z")
No, it should be optional – if there is a custom field in the userprofile called “Birthday” use that. If not then use the join date. ---
**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Post date:** [2015年八月21日 00:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-say-its-your-birthday/24594/30 "2015-08-21T00:28:03Z")
One thing that we support changing here @tgxworld is adding a date custom field type (though for birthdays people really like years being optional) . ---
**Author:** ![tgxworld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tgxworld/32/106117_2.png) [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)\ **Post date:** [2015年八月21日 00:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-say-its-your-birthday/24594/31 "2015-08-21T00:47:08Z")
> [@codinghorror](#): > > No, it should be optional – if there is a custom field in the userprofile called “Birthday” use that. If not then use the join date. I think I’ll rename the plugin to cakeday since… ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/1/61251f817f3d7f4ada0203443c7584e72d23dd25.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\ **Post date:** [2015年八月21日 00:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-say-its-your-birthday/24594/32 "2015-08-21T00:53:57Z")
> [@codinghorror](#): > > No, it should be optional – if there is a custom field in the userprofile called “Birthday” use that. If not then use the join date. No need for custom fields, there’s an actual field on the `users` column named date\_of\_birth. ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [2015年八月21日 00:54 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-say-its-your-birthday/24594/33 "2015-08-21T00:54:30Z")
I always forget that field is there. So the question is, whether to expose it. Perhaps the plugin can expose it? ---
**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Post date:** [2015年八月21日 01:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-say-its-your-birthday/24594/34 "2015-08-21T01:05:50Z")
No point having this field in core if there is no UI for it. My call is to build a UI for it in user prefs and then allow admins to either turn it on or off. ---
**Author:** ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\ **Post date:** [2015年八月21日 01:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-say-its-your-birthday/24594/35 "2015-08-21T01:08:14Z")
> [@sam](#): > > though for birthdays people really like years being optional Yes, more years seen than Yoda I have ---
**Author:** ![tgxworld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tgxworld/32/106117_2.png) [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)\ **Post date:** [2015年八月21日 03:19 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-say-its-your-birthday/24594/36 "2015-08-21T03:19:57Z")
I think we should drop it from core for the following reasons: 1. We’re not using it anywhere and I don’t think there are plans to? 2. Different developers might end up wanting different customizations with the DOB. For instance, year should be optional but what if I don’t want year to be optional (age declaration for sites with age restrictions). My 2 💰 ---
**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Post date:** [2015年八月21日 03:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-say-its-your-birthday/24594/37 "2015-08-21T03:36:21Z")
Sure go ahead and drop it ---
**Author:** ![gerhard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gerhard/32/119479_2.png) [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\ **Post date:** [2015年八月21日 07:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-say-its-your-birthday/24594/38 "2015-08-21T07:41:31Z")
@tgxworld If you drop the birthday field from core, there should be a migration of existing values to the custom field used by the plugin. The dates imported by the SMF2 and phpBB3 importers would otherwise be lost. ---
**Author:** ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Post date:** [2015年八月21日 07:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-say-its-your-birthday/24594/39 "2015-08-21T07:42:15Z")
> [@tgxworld](#): > > Different developers might end up wanting different customizations with the DOB Yeah, so, maybe this is a weird request, but I’d prefer it if the plugin let me choose my join date as my Cake Day, even if I’ve also added my birth date on my forum. I want to add my birthday because we’re a pretty tight knit bunch, and some people might wanna surprise me with an unexpected birthday wish, and vice versa. But the whole point of a cake day for me is that it’s an _additional_ day of joy. It’s that day I forgot about, but then; surprise cake! ---
**Author:** ![tgxworld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tgxworld/32/106117_2.png) [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)\ **Post date:** [2015年八月21日 07:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-say-its-your-birthday/24594/40 "2015-08-21T07:44:36Z")
But we won’t know the name of the custom field that the plugin uses. It could be different across plugins. I think the key here is the there is no use / no plans for the DOB field to be used in Discourse. 🐈 ---
**Author:** ![gerhard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gerhard/32/119479_2.png) [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\ **Post date:** [2015年八月21日 07:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-say-its-your-birthday/24594/41 "2015-08-21T07:45:40Z")
Why choose? Make it two cake days per year. 🎂 🎂 ---
**Author:** ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Post date:** [2015年八月21日 07:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-say-its-your-birthday/24594/42 "2015-08-21T07:46:49Z")
No thanks. That’s like deciding to have two Christmases. Makes it less special. 😿 ---
**Author:** ![gerhard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gerhard/32/119479_2.png) [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\ **Post date:** [2015年八月21日 07:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-say-its-your-birthday/24594/43 "2015-08-21T07:48:13Z")
Well, if _you_ develop the plugin, you’ll know the name of the custom field, won’t you? 😉 [上一頁](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-say-its-your-birthday/24594.md?page=1) [下一頁](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-say-its-your-birthday/24594.md?page=3)