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When student submit exams getting strange errors with strange dates...

Re: When student submit exams getting strange errors with strange dates...

by Christian Seberino -
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> The argument for this behavior is predicated on the assumption that students 
> might be taking multiple versions of the test at different times scattered over a 
> long testing period. " 

Hmm I never done that.


> The argument for just having the answer date set to whatever the global set 
> specifies is that it avoids the type of confusion that you've voiced. It would be a > relatively easy change to make

I *ALWAYS* just set the answer datetime exactly to the due datetime.  I never have a need to make the answers not be available when the deadline has passed.  I noticed I could just paste the same datetime to both the due datetime and answer datetime so I just started doing that. 

If would definitely vote for a config switch to just make the answer datetime automatically equal the due datetime if that is what you are asking.