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date.lua

--- Date and Date Format classes.
-- See  the Guide.
--
-- Dependencies: pl.class, pl.stringx
-- @classmod pl.Date
-- @pragma nostrip

local class = require 'pl.class'
local os_time, os_date = os.time, os.date
local stringx = require 'pl.stringx'
local utils = require 'pl.utils'
local assert_arg,assert_string,raise = utils.assert_arg,utils.assert_string,utils.raise

local Date = class()
Date.Format = class()

--- Date constructor.
-- @param t this can be either
--
--   * nil or empty - use current date and time
--   * number - seconds since epoch (as returned by os.time). Resulting time is UTC
--   * Date - make a copy of this date
--   * table - table containing year, month, etc as for os.time. You may leave out year, month or day,
-- in which case current values will be used.
--   * year (will be followed by month, day etc)
--
-- @param ...  true if  Universal Coordinated Time, or two to five numbers: month,day,hour,min,sec
-- @function Date
function Date:_init(t,...)
    local time
    local nargs = select('#',...)
    if nargs > 2 then
        local extra = {...}
        local year = t
        t = {
            year = year,
            month = extra[1],
            day = extra[2],
            hour = extra[3],
            min = extra[4],
            sec = extra[5]
        }
    end
    if nargs == 1 then
        self.utc = select(1,...) == true
    end
    if t == nil or t == 'utc' then
        time = os_time()
        self.utc = t == 'utc'
    elseif type(t) == 'number' then
        time = t
        if self.utc == nil then self.utc = true end
    elseif type(t) == 'table' then
        if getmetatable(t) == Date then -- copy ctor
            time = t.time
            self.utc = t.utc
        else
            if not (t.year and t.month) then
                local lt = os_date('*t')
                if not t.year and not t.month and not t.day then
                    t.year = lt.year
                    t.month = lt.month
                    t.day = lt.day
                else
                    t.year = t.year or lt.year
                    t.month = t.month or (t.day and lt.month or 1)
                    t.day = t.day or 1
                end
            end
            t.day = t.day or 1
            time = os_time(t)
        end
    else
        error("bad type for Date constructor: "..type(t),2)
    end
    self:set(time)
end

--- set the current time of this Date object.
-- @int t seconds since epoch
function Date:set(t)
    self.time = t
    if self.utc then
        self.tab = os_date('!*t',t)
    else
        self.tab = os_date('*t',t)
    end
end

--- get the time zone offset from UTC.
-- @int ts seconds ahead of UTC
function Date.tzone (ts)
    if ts == nil then
        ts = os_time()
    elseif type(ts) == "table" then
        if getmetatable(ts) == Date then
        	ts = ts.time
        else
        	ts = Date(ts).time
        end
    end
    local utc = os_date('!*t',ts)
    local lcl = os_date('*t',ts)
    lcl.isdst = false
    return os.difftime(os_time(lcl), os_time(utc))
end

--- convert this date to UTC.
function Date:toUTC ()
    local ndate = Date(self)
    if not self.utc then
        ndate.utc = true
        ndate:set(ndate.time)
    end
    return ndate
end

--- convert this UTC date to local.
function Date:toLocal ()
    local ndate = Date(self)
    if self.utc then
        ndate.utc = false
        ndate:set(ndate.time)
--~         ndate:add { sec = Date.tzone(self) }
    end
    return ndate
end

--- set the year.
-- @int y Four-digit year
-- @class function
-- @name Date:year

--- set the month.
-- @int m month
-- @class function
-- @name Date:month

--- set the day.
-- @int d day
-- @class function
-- @name Date:day

--- set the hour.
-- @int h hour
-- @class function
-- @name Date:hour

--- set the minutes.
-- @int min minutes
-- @class function
-- @name Date:min

--- set the seconds.
-- @int sec seconds
-- @class function
-- @name Date:sec

--- set the day of year.
-- @class function
-- @int yday day of year
-- @name Date:yday

--- get the year.
-- @int y Four-digit year
-- @class function
-- @name Date:year

--- get the month.
-- @class function
-- @name Date:month

--- get the day.
-- @class function
-- @name Date:day

--- get the hour.
-- @class function
-- @name Date:hour

--- get the minutes.
-- @class function
-- @name Date:min

--- get the seconds.
-- @class function
-- @name Date:sec

--- get the day of year.
-- @class function
-- @name Date:yday


for _,c in ipairs{'year','month','day','hour','min','sec','yday'} do
    Date[c] = function(self,val)
        if val then
            assert_arg(1,val,"number")
            self.tab[c] = val
            self:set(os_time(self.tab))
            return self
        else
            return self.tab[c]
        end
    end
end

--- name of day of week.
-- @bool full abbreviated if true, full otherwise.
-- @ret string name
function Date:weekday_name(full)
    return os_date(full and '%A' or '%a',self.time)
end

--- name of month.
-- @int full abbreviated if true, full otherwise.
-- @ret string name
function Date:month_name(full)
    return os_date(full and '%B' or '%b',self.time)
end

--- is this day on a weekend?.
function Date:is_weekend()
    return self.tab.wday == 1 or self.tab.wday == 7
end

--- add to a date object.
-- @param t a table containing one of the following keys and a value:
-- one of year,month,day,hour,min,sec
-- @return this date
function Date:add(t)
    local old_dst = self.tab.isdst
    local key,val = next(t)
    self.tab[key] = self.tab[key] + val
    self:set(os_time(self.tab))
    if old_dst ~= self.tab.isdst then
        self.tab.hour = self.tab.hour - (old_dst and 1 or -1)
        self:set(os_time(self.tab))
    end
    return self
end

--- last day of the month.
-- @return int day
function Date:last_day()
    local d = 28
    local m = self.tab.month
    while self.tab.month == m do
        d = d + 1
        self:add{day=1}
    end
    self:add{day=-1}
    return self
end

--- difference between two Date objects.
-- @tparam Date other Date object
-- @treturn Date.Interval object
function Date:diff(other)
    local dt = self.time - other.time
    if dt < 0 then error("date difference is negative!",2) end
    return Date.Interval(dt)
end

--- long numerical ISO data format version of this date.
function Date:__tostring()
    local t = os_date('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S',self.time)
    if self.utc then
        return  t .. 'Z'
    else
        local offs = self:tzone()
        if offs == 0 then
            return t .. 'Z'
        end
        local sign = offs > 0 and '+' or '-'
        local h = math.ceil(offs/3600)
        local m = (offs % 3600)/60
        if m == 0 then
            return t .. ('%s%02d'):format(sign,h)
        else
            return t .. ('%s%02d:%02d'):format(sign,h,m)
        end
    end
end

--- equality between Date objects.
function Date:__eq(other)
    return self.time == other.time
end

--- ordering between Date objects.
function Date:__lt(other)
    return self.time < other.time
end

--- difference between Date objects.
-- @function Date:__sub
Date.__sub = Date.diff

--- add a date and an interval.
-- @param other either a Date.Interval object or a table such as
-- passed to Date:add
function Date:__add(other)
    local nd = Date(self)
    if Date.Interval:class_of(other) then
        other = {sec=other.time}
    end
    nd:add(other)
    return nd
end

Date.Interval = class(Date)

---- Date.Interval constructor
-- @int t an interval in seconds
-- @function Date.Interval
function Date.Interval:_init(t)
    self:set(t)
end

function Date.Interval:set(t)
    self.time = t
    self.tab = os_date('!*t',self.time)
end

local function ess(n)
    if n > 1 then return 's '
    else return ' '
    end
end

--- If it's an interval then the format is '2 hours 29 sec' etc.
function Date.Interval:__tostring()
    local t, res = self.tab, ''
    local y,m,d = t.year - 1970, t.month - 1, t.day - 1
    if y > 0 then res = res .. y .. ' year'..ess(y) end
    if m > 0 then res = res .. m .. ' month'..ess(m) end
    if d > 0 then res = res .. d .. ' day'..ess(d) end
    if y == 0 and m == 0 then
        local h = t.hour
        if h > 0 then res = res .. h .. ' hour'..ess(h) end
        if t.min > 0 then res = res .. t.min .. ' min ' end
        if t.sec > 0 then res = res .. t.sec .. ' sec ' end
    end
    if res == '' then res = 'zero' end
    return res
end

------------ Date.Format class: parsing and renderinig dates ------------

-- short field names, explicit os.date names, and a mask for allowed field repeats
local formats = {
    d = {'day',{true,true}},
    y = {'year',{false,true,false,true}},
    m = {'month',{true,true}},
    H = {'hour',{true,true}},
    M = {'min',{true,true}},
    S = {'sec',{true,true}},
}

--- Date.Format constructor.
-- @string fmt. A string where the following fields are significant:
--
--   * d day (either d or dd)
--   * y year (either yy or yyy)
--   * m month (either m or mm)
--   * H hour (either H or HH)
--   * M minute (either M or MM)
--   * S second (either S or SS)
--
-- Alternatively, if fmt is nil then this returns a flexible date parser
-- that tries various date/time schemes in turn:
--
--  * [ISO 8601](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601), like 2010-05-10 12:35:23Z or 2008-10-03T14:30+02
--  * times like 15:30 or 8.05pm  (assumed to be today's date)
--  * dates like 28/10/02 (European order!) or 5 Feb 2012
--  * month name like march or Mar (case-insensitive, first 3 letters); here the
-- day will be 1 and the year this current year
--
-- A date in format 3 can be optionally followed by a time in format 2.
-- Please see test-date.lua in the tests folder for more examples.
-- @usage df = Date.Format("yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:SS")
-- @class function
-- @name Date.Format
function Date.Format:_init(fmt)
    if not fmt then
        self.fmt = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
        self.outf = self.fmt
        self.plain = true
        return
    end
    local append = table.insert
    local D,PLUS,OPENP,CLOSEP = '\001','\002','\003','\004'
    local vars,used = {},{}
    local patt,outf = {},{}
    local i = 1
    while i < #fmt do
        local ch = fmt:sub(i,i)
        local df = formats[ch]
        if df then
            if used[ch] then error("field appeared twice: "..ch,4) end
            used[ch] = true
            -- this field may be repeated
            local _,inext = fmt:find(ch..'+',i+1)
            local cnt = not _ and 1 or inext-i+1
            if not df[2][cnt] then error("wrong number of fields: "..ch,4) end
            -- single chars mean 'accept more than one digit'
            local p = cnt==1 and (D..PLUS) or (D):rep(cnt)
            append(patt,OPENP..p..CLOSEP)
            append(vars,ch)
            if ch == 'y' then
                append(outf,cnt==2 and '%y' or '%Y')
            else
                append(outf,'%'..ch)
            end
            i = i + cnt
        else
            append(patt,ch)
            append(outf,ch)
            i = i + 1
        end
    end
    -- escape any magic characters
    fmt = utils.escape(table.concat(patt))
   -- fmt = table.concat(patt):gsub('[%-%.%+%[%]%(%)%$%^%%%?%*]','%%%1')
    -- replace markers with their magic equivalents
    fmt = fmt:gsub(D,'%%d'):gsub(PLUS,'+'):gsub(OPENP,'('):gsub(CLOSEP,')')
    self.fmt = fmt
    self.outf = table.concat(outf)
    self.vars = vars
end

local parse_date

--- parse a string into a Date object.
-- @string str a date string
-- @return date object
function Date.Format:parse(str)
    assert_string(1,str)
    if self.plain then
        return parse_date(str,self.us)
    end
    local res = {str:match(self.fmt)}
    if #res==0 then return nil, 'cannot parse '..str end
    local tab = {}
    for i,v in ipairs(self.vars) do
        local name = formats[v][1] -- e.g. 'y' becomes 'year'
        tab[name] = tonumber(res[i])
    end
    -- os.date() requires these fields; if not present, we assume
    -- that the time set is for the current day.
    if not (tab.year and tab.month and tab.day) then
        local today = Date()
        tab.year = tab.year or today:year()
        tab.month = tab.month or today:month()
        tab.day = tab.day or today:day()
    end
    local Y = tab.year
    if Y < 100 then -- classic Y2K pivot
        tab.year = Y + (Y < 35 and 2000 or 1999)
    elseif not Y then
        tab.year = 1970
    end
    return Date(tab)
end

--- convert a Date object into a string.
-- @param d a date object, or a time value as returned by os.time
-- @return string
function Date.Format:tostring(d)
    local tm = type(d) == 'number' and d or d.time
    return os_date(self.outf,tm)
end

--- force US order in dates like 9/11/2001
function Date.Format:US_order(yesno)
    self.us = yesno
end

--local months = {jan=1,feb=2,mar=3,apr=4,may=5,jun=6,jul=7,aug=8,sep=9,oct=10,nov=11,dec=12}
local months

--[[
Allowed patterns:
- [day] [monthname] [year] [time]
- [day]/[month][/year] [time]

]]


local is_word = stringx.isalpha
local is_number = stringx.isdigit
local function tonum(s,l1,l2,kind)
    kind = kind or ''
    local n = tonumber(s)
    if not n then error(("%snot a number: '%s'"):format(kind,s)) end
    if n < l1 or n > l2 then
        error(("%s out of range: %s is not between %d and %d"):format(kind,s,l1,l2))
    end
    return n
end

local function  parse_iso_end(p,ns,sec)
    -- may be fractional part of seconds
    local _,nfrac,secfrac = p:find('^%.%d+',ns+1)
    if secfrac then
        sec = sec .. secfrac
        p = p:sub(nfrac+1)
    else
        p = p:sub(ns+1)
    end
    -- ISO 8601 dates may end in Z (for UTC) or [+-][isotime]
    -- (we're working with the date as lower case, hence 'z')
    if p:match 'z$' then return sec, {h=0,m=0} end -- we're UTC!
    p = p:gsub(':','') -- turn 00:30 to 0030
    local _,_,sign,offs = p:find('^([%+%-])(%d+)')
    if not sign then return sec, nil end -- not UTC

    if #offs == 2 then offs = offs .. '00' end -- 01 to 0100
    local tz = { h = tonumber(offs:sub(1,2)), m = tonumber(offs:sub(3,4)) }
    if sign == '-' then tz.h = -tz.h; tz.m = -tz.m end
    return sec, tz
end

local function parse_date_unsafe (s,US)
    s = s:gsub('T',' ') -- ISO 8601
    local parts = stringx.split(s:lower())
    local i,p = 1,parts[1]
    local function nextp() i = i + 1; p = parts[i] end
    local year,min,hour,sec,apm
    local tz
    local _,nxt,day, month = p:find '^(%d+)/(%d+)'
    if day then
        -- swop for US case
        if US then
            day, month = month, day
        end
        _,_,year = p:find('^/(%d+)',nxt+1)
        nextp()
    else -- ISO
        year,month,day = p:match('^(%d+)%-(%d+)%-(%d+)')
        if year then
            nextp()
        end
    end
    if p and not year and is_number(p) then -- has to be date
        if #p < 4 then
            day = p
            nextp()
        else -- unless it looks like a 24-hour time
            year = true
        end
    end
    if p and is_word(p) then
        p = p:sub(1,3)
        if not months then
            local ld, day1 = parse_date_unsafe '2000-12-31', {day=1}
            months = {}
            for i = 1,12 do
                ld = ld:last_day()
                ld:add(day1)
                local mon = ld:month_name():lower()
                months [mon] = i
            end
        end
        local mon = months[p]
        if mon then
            month = mon
        else error("not a month: " .. p) end
        nextp()
    end
    if p and not year and is_number(p) then
        year = p
        nextp()
    end

    if p then -- time is hh:mm[:ss], hhmm[ss] or H.M[am|pm]
        _,nxt,hour,min = p:find '^(%d+):(%d+)'
        local ns
        if nxt then -- are there seconds?
            _,ns,sec = p:find ('^:(%d+)',nxt+1)
            --if ns then
                sec,tz = parse_iso_end(p,ns or nxt,sec)
            --end
        else -- might be h.m
            _,ns,hour,min = p:find '^(%d+)%.(%d+)'
            if ns then
                apm = p:match '[ap]m$'
            else  -- or hhmm[ss]
                local hourmin
                _,nxt,hourmin = p:find ('^(%d+)')
                if nxt then
                   hour = hourmin:sub(1,2)
                   min = hourmin:sub(3,4)
                   sec = hourmin:sub(5,6)
                   if #sec == 0 then sec = nil end
                   sec,tz = parse_iso_end(p,nxt,sec)
                end
            end
        end
    end
    local today
    if year == true then year = nil end
    if not (year and month and day) then
        today = Date()
    end
    day = day and tonum(day,1,31,'day') or (month and 1 or today:day())
    month = month and tonum(month,1,12,'month') or today:month()
    year = year and tonumber(year) or today:year()
    if year < 100 then -- two-digit year pivot around year < 2035
        year = year + (year < 35 and 2000 or 1900)
    end
    hour = hour and tonum(hour,0,apm and 12 or 24,'hour') or 12
    if apm == 'pm' then
        hour = hour + 12
    end
    min = min and tonum(min,0,59) or 0
    sec = sec and tonum(sec,0,60) or 0  --60 used to indicate leap second
    local res = Date {year = year, month = month, day = day, hour = hour, min = min, sec = sec}
    if tz then -- ISO 8601 UTC time
        res:add {hour = -tz.h}
        if tz.m ~= 0 then res:add {min = -tz.m} end
        res.utc = true
        -- we're in UTC, so let's go local...
        res = res:toLocal()
    end
    return res
end

function parse_date (s)
    local ok, d = pcall(parse_date_unsafe,s)
    if not ok then -- error
        d = d:gsub('.-:%d+: ','')
        return nil, d
    else
        return d
    end
end

return Date
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