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Recent changes "&from=" url parameter not working properly

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Issue:

Recent changes no longer lists changes starting from a specific date.

Background

Normally, if one wants to see changes from 20 days ago and it is not visible because there are too many changes in between it would be possible to use the URL "&from=" parameter to start showing changes from an older date limited by number of days. This is how the API works.


Steps to reproduce:

  1. Disable javascript to use the older recent changes
  2. Go to Special:Recentchanges
  3. Click "Show new changes starting from" ...
  4. Alter the url so it starts showing changes from a few days before the last wiki action, e.g. https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&from=20181225000000
  5. Click enter

Expected

Recent changes start from 20181225000000 or a date close to that (if it is less than the 30 days maximum).

For example, similar to api : https://www.mediawiki.org/w/api.php?action=query&format=json&list=recentchanges&rcstart=2018-12-25T00%3A00%3A00

Actual

Shows new entries from the most recent edit / log up to the limit.


Note:

The API above will eventually stop showing anything when 30 days elapse. This can still be seen by going to Special:ApiSandbox#action=query&format=json&list=recentchanges&rcstart=2019-01-05T22:29:04.000Z and changing the rcstart to a few days before the current date.

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