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/**
* Comments in local time
* [[User:Mxn/CommentsInLocalTime]]
*
* Adjust timestamps in comment signatures to use easy-to-understand, relative
* local time instead of absolute UTC time.
*
* Inspired by [[Wikipedia:Comments in Local Time]].
*
* @author [[User:Mxn]]
*/
/**
* Default settings for this gadget.
*/
window.LocalComments = $.extend({
// USER OPTIONS ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/**
* When false, this gadget does nothing.
*/
enabled: true,
/**
* Formats to display inline for each timestamp, keyed by a few common
* cases.
*
* If a property of this object is set to a string, the timestamp is
* formatted according to the documentation at
* <http://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/>.
*
* If a property of this object is set to a function, it is called to
* retrieve the formatted timestamp string. See
* <http://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/> for the various things you can
* do with the passed-in moment object.
*/
formats: {
/**
* Within a day, show a relative time that’s easy to relate to.
*/
day: function (then) { return then.fromNow(); },
/**
* Within a week, show a relative date and specific time, still helpful
* if the user doesn’t remember today’s date. Don’t show just a relative
* time, because a discussion may need more context than “Last Friday”
* on every comment.
*/
week: function (then) { return then.calendar(); },
/**
* The calendar() method uses an ambiguous “MM/DD/YYYY” format for
* faraway dates; spell things out for this international audience.
*/
other: function (then) {
var pref = mw.user.options.values.date;
return then.format(window.LocalComments.formatOptions[pref] || "LLL");
},
},
/**
* Formats to display in each timestamp’s tooltip, one per line.
*
* If an element of this array is a string, the timestamp is formatted
* according to the documentation at
* <http://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/>.
*
* If an element of this array is a function, it is called to retrieve the
* formatted timestamp string. See <http://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/>
* for the various things you can do with the passed-in moment object.
*/
tooltipFormats: [
function (then) { return then.fromNow(); },
"LLLL",
"YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mmZ",
],
/**
* When true, this gadget refreshes timestamps periodically.
*/
dynamic: true,
}, {
// SITE OPTIONS ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/**
* Numbers of namespaces to completely ignore. See [[Wikipedia:Namespace]].
*/
excludeNamespaces: [-1, 0, 8, 100, 108, 118],
/**
* Names of tags that often directly contain timestamps.
*
* This is merely a performance optimization. This gadget will look at text
* nodes in any tag other than the codeTags, but adding a tag here ensures
* that it gets processed the most efficient way possible.
*/
proseTags: ["dd", "li", "p", "td"],
/**
* Names of tags that don’t contain timestamps either directly or
* indirectly.
*/
codeTags: ["code", "input", "pre", "textarea"],
/**
* An object mapping the date format user options provided by this MediaWiki
* installation to corresponding Moment.js format strings. The user can
* choose a preferred date format in
* [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering-dateformat]]. See
* [[mw:Manual:Date formatting]]. These formats determine the default
* timestamp display format.
*
* These formats come from
* <https://doc.wikimedia.org/mediawiki-core/1.34.0/php/MessagesEn_8php.html#a2fc93ea5327f655d3ed306e221ee33f0>.
* When customizing these formats for a different wiki’s content language,
* consult the language’s corresponding message file’s `$dateFormats`
* variable. Use only the messages with the “both” suffix, and remove that
* suffix from each key. The MediaWiki date format syntax is described in
* <https://doc.wikimedia.org/mediawiki-core/1.34.0/php/classLanguage.html#a94f84f82d7f954c4cb2e191d22c6e6a6>
* and [[mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions##time]]. The Moment.js syntax is
* described in <https://momentjs.com/docs/#/parsing/string-format/>.
*
* @todo Automatically convert MediaWiki date format syntax to Moment.js
* date format syntax.
*/
formatOptions: {
mdy: "HH:mm, MMMM D, YYYY", // H:i, F j, Y
dmy: "HH:mm, D MMMM YYYY", // H:i, j F Y
ymd: "HH:mm, YYYY MMMM D", // H:i, Y F j
"ISO 8601": "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss", // xnY-xnm-xnd"T"xnH:xni:xns
},
/**
* Expected format or formats of the timestamps in existing wikitext. If
* very different formats have been used over the course of the wiki’s
* history, specify an array of formats.
*
* This option expects parsing format strings
* <http://momentjs.com/docs/#/parsing/string-format/>.
*/
parseFormat: "H:m, D MMM YYYY",
/**
* Regular expression matching all the timestamps inserted by this MediaWiki
* installation over the years. This regular expression should more or less
* agree with the parseFormat option.
*
* Until 2005:
* 18:16, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
* 2005–present:
* 08:51, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
*/
parseRegExp: /\d\d:\d\d, \d\d? (?:Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)\w* \d{4} \(UTC\)/,
/**
* UTC offset of the wiki's default local timezone. See
* [[mw:Manual:Timezone]].
*/
utcOffset: 0,
}, window.LocalComments);
$(function () {
if (!LocalComments.enabled
|| LocalComments.excludeNamespaces.indexOf(mw.config.get("wgNamespaceNumber")) !== -1
|| ["view", "submit"].indexOf(mw.config.get("wgAction")) === -1
|| mw.util.getParamValue("disable") === "loco")
{
return;
}
var proseTags = LocalComments.proseTags.join("\n").toUpperCase().split("\n");
// Exclude <time> to avoid an infinite loop when iterating over text nodes.
var codeTags = $.merge(LocalComments.codeTags, ["time"]).join(", ");
// Look in the content body for DOM text nodes that may contain timestamps.
// The wiki software has already localized other parts of the page.
var root = $("#wikiPreview, #mw-content-text")[0];
if (!root || !("createNodeIterator" in document)) return;
var iter = document.createNodeIterator(root, NodeFilter.SHOW_TEXT, {
acceptNode: function (node) {
// We can’t just check the node’s direct parent, because templates
// like [[Template:Talkback]] and [[Template:Resolved]] may place a
// signature inside a nondescript <span>.
var isInProse = proseTags.indexOf(node.parentElement.nodeName) !== -1
|| !$(node).parents(codeTags).length;
var isDateNode = isInProse && LocalComments.parseRegExp.test(node.data);
return isDateNode ? NodeFilter.FILTER_ACCEPT : NodeFilter.FILTER_REJECT;
},
});
/**
* Marks up each timestamp found.
*/
function wrapTimestamps() {
var prefixNode;
while ((prefixNode = iter.nextNode())) {
var result = LocalComments.parseRegExp.exec(prefixNode.data);
if (!result) continue;
// Split out the timestamp into a separate text node.
var dateNode = prefixNode.splitText(result.index);
var suffixNode = dateNode.splitText(result[0].length);
// Determine the represented time.
var then = moment.utc(result[0], LocalComments.parseFormat);
if (!then.isValid()) {
// Many Wikipedias started out with English as the default
// localization, so fall back to English.
then = moment.utc(result[0], "H:m, D MMM YYYY", "en");
}
// Wrap the timestamp inside a <time> element for findability.
// This loop must wrap the text in a <time> element no matter what,
// even if the time is invalid, to avoid an infinite loop as the
// same node keeps coming up as a candidate that the node iterator
// thinks is valid.
// [[User talk:Mxn/CommentsInLocalTime.js#Interface-protected edit request on 18 November 2022]]
var timeElt = $("<time />");
if (then.isValid()) {
then.utcOffset(-LocalComments.utcOffset);
// MediaWiki core styles .explain[title] the same way as
// abbr[title], guiding the user to the tooltip.
timeElt.addClass("localcomments explain");
timeElt.attr("datetime", then.toISOString());
}
$(dateNode).wrap(timeElt);
}
}
/**
* Returns a formatted string for the given moment object.
*
* @param {Moment} then The moment object to format.
* @param {String} fmt A format string or function.
* @returns {String} A formatted string.
*/
function formatMoment(then, fmt) {
return (fmt instanceof Function) ? fmt(then) : then.format(fmt);
}
/**
* Reformats a timestamp marked up with the <time> element.
*
* @param {Number} idx Unused.
* @param {Element} elt The <time> element.
*/
function formatTimestamp(idx, elt) {
var iso = $(elt).attr("datetime");
var then = moment(iso, moment.ISO_8601);
var now = moment();
var withinHours = Math.abs(then.diff(now, "hours", true))
<= moment.relativeTimeThreshold("h");
var formats = LocalComments.formats;
var text;
if (withinHours) {
text = formatMoment(then, formats.day || formats.other);
}
else {
var dayDiff = then.diff(moment().startOf("day"), "days", true);
if (dayDiff > -6 && dayDiff < 7) {
text = formatMoment(then, formats.week || formats.other);
}
else text = formatMoment(then, formats.other);
}
$(elt).text(text);
// Add a tooltip with multiple formats.
elt.title = $.map(LocalComments.tooltipFormats, function (fmt, idx) {
return formatMoment(then, fmt);
}).join("\n");
// Register for periodic updates.
var withinMinutes = withinHours
&& Math.abs(then.diff(now, "minutes", true))
<= moment.relativeTimeThreshold("m");
var withinSeconds = withinMinutes
&& Math.abs(then.diff(now, "seconds", true))
<= moment.relativeTimeThreshold("s");
var unit = withinSeconds ? "seconds" :
(withinMinutes ? "minutes" :
(withinHours ? "hours" : "days"));
$(elt).attr("data-localcomments-unit", unit);
}
/**
* Reformat all marked-up timestamps and start updating timestamps on an
* interval as necessary.
*/
function formatTimestamps() {
wrapTimestamps();
$(".localcomments").each(function (idx, elt) {
// Update every timestamp at least this once.
formatTimestamp(idx, elt);
if (!LocalComments.dynamic) return;
// Update this minute’s timestamps every second.
if ($("[data-localcomments-unit='seconds']").length) {
setInterval(function () {
$("[data-localcomments-unit='seconds']").each(formatTimestamp);
}, 1000 /* ms */);
}
// Update this hour’s timestamps every minute.
setInterval(function () {
$("[data-localcomments-unit='minutes']").each(formatTimestamp);
}, 60 /* s */ * 1000 /* ms */);
// Update today’s timestamps every hour.
setInterval(function () {
$("[data-localcomments-unit='hours']").each(formatTimestamp);
}, 60 /* min */ * 60 /* s */ * 1000 /* ms */);
});
}
mw.loader.using("moment", function () {
wrapTimestamps();
formatTimestamps();
});
});