MAGETWO-52577: [GitHub] Set Product as New from Date and Design Active From is set when setting Special Price #4387

Author: miakusha

app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/Attribute/Backend/Startdate.php

@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ protected function _getValueForSave($object)
     {
         $attributeName = $this->getAttribute()->getName();
         $startDate = $object->getData($attributeName);
-        if ($startDate === false) {
-            return false;
-        }
 
         return $startDate;
     }

app/code/Magento/Catalog/Observer/SetSpecialPriceStartDateObserver.php

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class SetSpecialPriceStartDateObserver implements ObserverInterface
     /**
      * @var \Magento\Framework\Stdlib\DateTime\TimezoneInterface
      */
-    protected $localeDate;
+    private $localeDate;
 
     /**
      * @param \Magento\Framework\Stdlib\DateTime\TimezoneInterface $localeDate