From 1dbaa043473132b1fa20aa0484c290abbd35358b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Perry-Houts <jon@than.ph>
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2020 16:55:25 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Make date parsing available to other extensions (for Mail
 Merge in particular)

---
 background.js | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/background.js b/background.js
index 24b9161e..7f3af816 100644
--- a/background.js
+++ b/background.js
@@ -891,6 +891,29 @@ browser.runtime.onMessageExternal.addListener(
       });
       return true;
     }
+    else if (message["action"] === "parseDate") {
+      let relativeTo = new Date();
+      const rSec = relativeTo.getSeconds(),
+            pSec = SLStatic.previousLoop.getSeconds();
+      if (rSec > pSec) {
+        const tdiff = rSec-pSec;
+        relativeTo = new Date(relativeTo.getTime() + 60000 - tdiff*1000);
+      }
+      try {
+        const localeCode = browser.i18n.getUILanguage();
+        const date = Sugar.Date.get(
+          relativeTo,
+          message["value"],
+          {locale: localeCode, future: true}
+        );
+        const dateStr = SLStatic.parseableDateTimeFormat(date);
+        sendResponse(dateStr);
+        return;
+      } catch (ex) {
+        SLStatic.debug("Unable to parse date/time",ex);
+      }
+      sendResponse(null);
+    }
   });
 
 browser.runtime.onMessage.addListener(async (message) => {