diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bc80ed3fa..c301bf593 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ $Source$
 
 2003-12-04 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
     * lang/estonian: Updated, thanks to Alvar Soome (finsoft).
+    * libraries/transformations/text_plain__dateformat.inc.php:
+      patch 845690: show real data before transformation
   
 2003-12-04 Garvin Hicking <grinch@supergarv.de>
     * browse_foreigner.php, mult_submits.inc.php, tbl_change.php,
diff --git a/libraries/transformations/text_plain__dateformat.inc.php b/libraries/transformations/text_plain__dateformat.inc.php
index a94e48493..732926912 100644
--- a/libraries/transformations/text_plain__dateformat.inc.php
+++ b/libraries/transformations/text_plain__dateformat.inc.php
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ function PMA_transformation_text_plain__dateformat($buffer, $options = array(),
     }
 
     if (!isset($options[1]) || $options[1] == '') {
-        $options[1] = $GLOBALS['datefmt'];
+        //$options[1] = $GLOBALS['datefmt'];
+        $buffer_message = "'" . $buffer . "'";
+        $options[1] = '<a href="javascript:alert(' . $buffer_message . ')" title=' . $buffer_message . '>' . $GLOBALS['datefmt'] .  '</a>';
     }
 
     $timestamp = -1;