RE: [Koha-devel] [Bug 124] New: Issue due date

[Mike Mylonas]

On Sun, 2002-11-10 at 01:47, Owen Leonard wrote:
> > It is possible to issue a book for a date prior than todays date,
> > making the book overdue when issued
> 
> That's not a bug, that's a feature!  But seriously, I think it would be good
> not to constrain custom due dates because you never know what you'll need to
> do:  The example I always think of is accidentally returning and item that
> is long overdue and never returned (physically)--you want to put that back
> on the person's record the way it was originally.
> 

I agree that it is a feature and I can think of many good uses for it, I just 
think that maybe we need either to populate the due date for the return and/or 
if a date prior to todays date is enter that there is a check to ensure that 
someone has put a date in error.

Just my 0.02cents