From: Jeff Halter <redacted>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2022 17:55:57 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Simplify news article timestamping
X-Git-Url: https://git.r.bdr.sh/rbdr/mobius/commitdiff_plain/3c9b1dcdf40474396a3b035d548417b84a123164?ds=inline

Simplify news article timestamping
---

diff --git a/hotline/news.go b/hotline/news.go
index 7a5c30c..a6b8372 100644
--- a/hotline/news.go
+++ b/hotline/news.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"sort"
-	"time"
 )
 
 type ThreadedNews struct {
@@ -250,25 +249,3 @@ func (s *Server) GetNewsCatByPath(paths []string) map[string]NewsCategoryListDat
 	}
 	return cats
 }
-
-// News article date field contains this structure:
-// Year					2
-// Milliseconds	2 (seriously?)
-// Seconds			4
-func NewsDate() []byte {
-	t := time.Now()
-	ms := []byte{0, 0}
-	seconds := []byte{0, 0, 0, 0}
-
-	year := []byte{0, 0}
-	binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(year, uint16(t.Year()))
-
-	yearStart := time.Date(t.Year(), time.January, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.Local)
-
-	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(seconds, uint32(t.Sub(yearStart).Seconds()))
-
-	date := append(year, ms...)
-	date = append(date, seconds...)
-
-	return date
-}
diff --git a/hotline/transaction_handlers.go b/hotline/transaction_handlers.go
index 5aa6984..2c5a930 100644
--- a/hotline/transaction_handlers.go
+++ b/hotline/transaction_handlers.go
@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ func HandlePostNewsArt(cc *ClientConn, t *Transaction) (res []Transaction, err e
 	newArt := NewsArtData{
 		Title:         string(t.GetField(fieldNewsArtTitle).Data),
 		Poster:        string(cc.UserName),
-		Date:          NewsDate(),
+		Date:          toHotlineTime(time.Now()),
 		PrevArt:       []byte{0, 0, 0, 0},
 		NextArt:       []byte{0, 0, 0, 0},
 		ParentArt:     append([]byte{0, 0}, t.GetField(fieldNewsArtID).Data...),