Adds a timetense list column, inspired by FB

Also added |time_since and |time_tense Twig filters

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 * **Build 297** (2015-09-16)
+  - Added `timetense` list column type (see Backend > Lists docs), along with `|time_since` and `|time_tense` Twig filters.
   - Fixed a bug in deferred binding that allowed repeat bindings and ignored add/delete pairs.
 
 * **Build 293** (2015-09-07)

modules/backend/controllers/auth/signin.htm

@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
                 autocomplete="off"
                 maxlength="255" />
 
-                <!-- Submit Login -->
+            <!-- Submit Login -->
-                <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary login-button">
+            <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary login-button">
-                    <?= e(trans('backend::lang.account.login')) ?>
+                <?= e(trans('backend::lang.account.login')) ?>
-                </button>
+            </button>
         </div>
 
         <p class="oc-icon-lock pull-right forgot-password">

modules/backend/widgets/Lists.php

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use DbDongle;
 use Carbon\Carbon;
 use October\Rain\Html\Helper as HtmlHelper;
 use October\Rain\Router\Helper as RouterHelper;
+use System\Helpers\DateTime as DateTimeHelper;
 use Backend\Classes\ListColumn;
 use Backend\Classes\WidgetBase;
 use ApplicationException;
@@ -946,7 +947,21 @@ class Lists extends WidgetBase
 
         $value = $this->validateDateTimeValue($value, $column);
 
-        return $value->diffForHumans();
+        return DateTimeHelper::timeSince($value);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Process as time as current tense (Today at 0:00)
+     */
+    protected function evalTimetenseTypeValue($record, $column, $value)
+    {
+        if ($value === null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        $value = $this->validateDateTimeValue($value, $column);
+
+        return DateTimeHelper::timeTense($value);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -954,9 +969,7 @@ class Lists extends WidgetBase
      */
     protected function validateDateTimeValue($value, $column)
     {
-        if ($value instanceof DateTime) {
+        $value = DateTimeHelper::instance()->makeCarbon($value, false);
-            $value = Carbon::instance($value);
-        }
 
         if (!$value instanceof Carbon) {
             throw new ApplicationException(Lang::get(

modules/system/ServiceProvider.php

@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ class ServiceProvider extends ModuleServiceProvider
                 'trans'          => ['Lang', 'get'],
                 'transchoice'    => ['Lang', 'choice'],
                 'md'             => ['Markdown', 'parse'],
+                'time_since'     => ['System\Helpers\DateTime', 'timeSince'],
+                'time_tense'     => ['System\Helpers\DateTime', 'timeTense'],
             ]);
         });
     }

modules/system/helpers/DateTime.php

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+<?php namespace System\Helpers;
+
+use Lang;
+use Carbon\Carbon;
+use Exception;
+use DateTime as PhpDateTime;
+
+class DateTime
+{
+    use \October\Rain\Support\Traits\Singleton;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a human readable time difference from the value to the
+     * current time. Eg: **10 minutes ago**
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function timeSince($datetime)
+    {
+        return self::instance()
+            ->makeCarbon($datetime)
+            ->diffForHumans()
+        ;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns 24-hour time and the day using the grammatical tense
+     * of the current time. Eg: Today at 12:49, Yesterday at 4:00
+     * or 18 Sep 2015 at 14:33.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function timeTense($datetime)
+    {
+        $datetime = self::instance()->makeCarbon($datetime);
+        $yesterday = $datetime->subDays(1);
+        $tomorrow = $datetime->addDays(1);
+        $time = $datetime->format('H:i');
+        $date = $datetime->format('j M Y');
+
+        if ($datetime->isToday()) {
+            $date = 'Today';
+        }
+        elseif ($datetime->isYesterday()) {
+            $date = 'Yesterday';
+        }
+        elseif ($datetime->isTomorrow()) {
+            $date = 'Tomorrow';
+        }
+
+        return $date.' at '.$time;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Converts mixed inputs to a Carbon object.
+     *
+     * @return Carbon\Carbon
+     */
+    public function makeCarbon($value, $throwException = true)
+    {
+        if ($value instanceof Carbon) {
+            // Do nothing
+        }
+        elseif ($value instanceof PhpDateTime) {
+            $value = Carbon::instance($value);
+        }
+        elseif (is_numeric($value)) {
+            $value = Carbon::createFromTimestamp($value);
+        }
+        elseif (preg_match('/^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})$/', $value)) {
+            $value = Carbon::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', $value)->startOfDay();
+        }
+
+        if (!$value instanceof Carbon && $throwException) {
+            throw new Exception('Invalid date value supplied to DateTime helper.');
+        }
+
+        return $value;
+    }
+}