From be76226354476ba6134eaacd914323f10410e3a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Glenn Proctor <gp1@sanger.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:38:17 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Corrected documentation for created_date() and
 modified_date() - they actually use a UNIX time integer value, not a MySQL
 date.

---
 modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Gene.pm | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Gene.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Gene.pm
index 24b5576234..76b5f458ad 100755
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Gene.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Gene.pm
@@ -757,8 +757,8 @@ sub is_current {
 
 =head2 created_date
 
-  Arg [1]    : (optional) String - created date to set
-  Example    : $gene->created_date('2006-05-01 12:00:00');
+  Arg [1]    : (optional) String - created date to set (as a UNIX time int)
+  Example    : $gene->created_date('1141948800');
   Description: Getter/setter for attribute created_date
   Returntype : String
   Exceptions : none
@@ -776,8 +776,8 @@ sub created_date {
 
 =head2 modified_date
 
-  Arg [1]    : (optional) String - modified date to set
-  Example    : $gene->modified_date('2006-05-01 12:00:00');
+  Arg [1]    : (optional) String - modified date to set (as a UNIX time int)
+  Example    : $gene->modified_date('1141948800');
   Description: Getter/setter for attribute modified_date
   Returntype : String
   Exceptions : none
-- 
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