From 647ad56349df90762b3966019b812c9db7977f8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: luca0N! <luca0n@luca0n.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 20:51:39 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Add custom localized timestamp override

Add support for a custom key in the article metadata that allows users
to override the default date string (e.g. January 1, 1970).  This is
useful for other locales.
---
 src/Article.cxx        |  5 ++++-
 src/Article.hxx        |  7 ++++---
 src/WebsiteBuilder.cxx | 17 ++++++++++-------
 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Article.cxx b/src/Article.cxx
index 239d9fc..6b59367 100644
--- a/src/Article.cxx
+++ b/src/Article.cxx
@@ -124,13 +124,16 @@ namespace Article {
 				if (reading_article_metadata) {
 						std::string k_title = "Title=",
 								    k_authors = "Authors=",
-									k_published = "Published=";
+									k_published = "Published=",
+									k_published_str = "PublishedString=";
 						if (line.find(k_title) == 0)
 								strncpy(m->title, line.substr(k_title.length()).c_str(), sizeof(m->title));
 						else if (line.find(k_authors) == 0)
 								strncpy(m->authors, line.substr(k_authors.length()).c_str(), sizeof(m->authors));
 						else if (line.find(k_published) == 0)
 								m->publish_ts = atol(line.substr(k_published.length()).c_str());
+						else if (line.find(k_published_str) == 0)
+								strncpy(m->publish_str, line.substr(k_published_str.length()).c_str(), sizeof(m->publish_str));
 						else
 								std::cerr << "warning: ignoring unknown key/value due to unknown key: " << line << std::endl;
 				} else if (line[0] == '[') {
diff --git a/src/Article.hxx b/src/Article.hxx
index 702f9d1..98f0850 100644
--- a/src/Article.hxx
+++ b/src/Article.hxx
@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@ namespace Article {
 		char path[256];			// Path to this article
 
 		// Epoch timestamps
-		long original_ts;	// Original article timestamp (for "Originally written on [...]")
-		long publish_ts;	// (for "Published on [...]")
-		long update_ts;		// (for "Last updated on [...]")
+		long original_ts;		// Original article timestamp (for "Originally written on [...]")
+		long publish_ts;		// (for "Published on [...]")
+		long update_ts;			// (for "Last updated on [...]")
+		char publish_str[32];		// Override localized publish timestamps
 
 		// Article flags
 		bool partially_obsoleted,
diff --git a/src/WebsiteBuilder.cxx b/src/WebsiteBuilder.cxx
index 1f59044..36d1635 100644
--- a/src/WebsiteBuilder.cxx
+++ b/src/WebsiteBuilder.cxx
@@ -138,16 +138,19 @@ void compile_markdown(std::string const &path, std::string const &md, std::strin
 	std::string article_html;
 	if (metadata != NULL) {
 		// Get time information.
-		struct tm *publish_tm = gmtime(&(metadata->publish_ts));
 		article_html = "<h1>";
 		article_html += metadata->title;
 		article_html += "</h1>\n<span><b>Published on ";
-		//article_html += ctime(&(metadata->publish_ts));
-		article_html += HR_MONTH[publish_tm->tm_mon];
-		article_html += " ";
-		article_html += std::to_string(publish_tm->tm_mday);
-		article_html += ", ";
-		article_html += std::to_string(publish_tm->tm_year + 1900);
+		if (metadata->publish_str[0] == '\0') {
+			struct tm *publish_tm = gmtime(&(metadata->publish_ts));
+			//article_html += ctime(&(metadata->publish_ts));
+			article_html += HR_MONTH[publish_tm->tm_mon];
+			article_html += " ";
+			article_html += std::to_string(publish_tm->tm_mday);
+			article_html += ", ";
+			article_html += std::to_string(publish_tm->tm_year + 1900);
+		} else
+			article_html += metadata->publish_str;
 		article_html += "</b></span><br/>\n<span><b>Written by ";
 		article_html += metadata->authors;
 		article_html += "</b></span><br/>";