Added "relative-timestamps" config to switch between "25 minutes ago" and "2023-06-25T20:05:27-07" (#286)

Co-authored-by: Erik Reider <35975961+ErikReider@users.noreply.github.com>

man/swaync.5.scd

@@ -124,16 +124,22 @@ config file to be able to detect config errors
 	default: true ++
 	description: Whether the control center should expand vertically to fill the screen
 
+*relative-timestamps* ++
+	type: bool ++
+	default: true ++
+	description: Display notification timestamps relative to now e.g. \"26 minutes ago\". ++
+		If false, a local iso8601-formatted absolute timestamp is displayed. 
+
 *control-center-height* ++
 	type: integer ++
 	default: 500 ++
-	description: The control centers height in pixels.
-	This setting is ignored when _fit-to-screen_ it set to "true"
+	description: The control center height in pixels ++
+		This setting is ignored when _fit-to-screen_ is set to "true".
 
 *control-center-width* ++
 	type: integer ++
 	default: 500 ++
-	description: The control centers width in pixels
+	description: The control center width in pixels
 
 *notification-visibility* ++
 	type: object ++

src/config.json.in

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
   "timeout-low": 5,
   "timeout-critical": 0,
   "fit-to-screen": true,
+  "relative-timestamps": true,
   "control-center-width": 500,
   "control-center-height": 600,
   "notification-window-width": 500,

src/configModel/configModel.vala

@@ -523,6 +523,12 @@ namespace SwayNotificationCenter {
         /** Whether to expand the notification center across both edges of the screen */
         public bool fit_to_screen { get; set; default = true; }
 
+        /**
+         * Display notification timestamp relative to now e.g. "26 minutes ago".
+         * If false, a local iso8601-formatted absolute timestamp is displayed.
+         */
+        public bool relative_timestamps { get; set; default = true; }
+
         /**
          * Notification center's height, in pixels.
          * Set `fit_to_screen` to true to ignore the height setting.

src/configSchema.json

@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@
       "description": "If the control center should expand to both edges of the screen",
       "default": true
     },
+    "relative-timestamps": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "description": "Display notification timestamps relative to now e.g. \"26 minutes ago\". If false, a local iso8601-formatted absolute timestamp is displayed.",
+      "default": true
+    },
     "control-center-height": {
       "type": "integer",
       "description": "Height of the control center in pixels. Ignored when 'fit-to-screen' is set to 'true'",

src/notification/notification.vala

@@ -556,10 +556,14 @@ namespace SwayNotificationCenter {
         }
 
         public void set_time () {
-            this.time.set_text (get_readable_time ());
+            if (ConfigModel.instance.relative_timestamps) {
+                this.time.set_text (get_relative_time ());
+            } else {
+                this.time.set_text (get_iso8601_time ());
+            }
         }
 
-        private string get_readable_time () {
+        private string get_relative_time () {
             string value = "";
 
             double diff = (get_real_time () * 0.000001) - param.time;
@@ -590,6 +594,11 @@ namespace SwayNotificationCenter {
             return value;
         }
 
+        private string get_iso8601_time () {
+            var dtime = new DateTime.from_unix_local (param.time);
+            return dtime.format_iso8601 ();
+        }
+
         public void close_notification (bool is_timeout = false) {
             remove_noti_timeout ();
             this.revealer.set_reveal_child (false);