Improvements to the date and time handling.

es-app/src/MetaData.cpp

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ MetaDataDecl gameDecls[] = {
 {"sortname",      MD_STRING,           "",                false,     "sortname",            "enter game sort name",          false},
 {"desc",          MD_MULTILINE_STRING, "",                false,     "description",         "enter description",             true},
 {"rating",        MD_RATING,           "0",               false,     "rating",              "enter rating",                  true},
-{"releasedate",   MD_DATE,             "not-a-date-time", false,     "release date",        "enter release date",            true},
+{"releasedate",   MD_DATE,             "19700101T010000", false,     "release date",        "enter release date",            true},
 {"developer",     MD_STRING,           "unknown",         false,     "developer",           "enter game developer",          true},
 {"publisher",     MD_STRING,           "unknown",         false,     "publisher",           "enter game publisher",          true},
 {"genre",         MD_STRING,           "unknown",         false,     "genre",               "enter game genre",              true},
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ MetaDataDecl folderDecls[] = {
 {"name",          MD_STRING,              "",                 false,      "name",                 "enter game name",         true},
 {"desc",          MD_MULTILINE_STRING,    "",                 false,      "description",          "enter description",       true},
 {"rating",        MD_RATING,              "0",                false,      "rating",               "enter rating",            true},
-{"releasedate",   MD_DATE,                "not-a-date-time",  false,      "release date",         "enter release date",      true},
+{"releasedate",   MD_DATE,                "19700101T010000",  false,      "release date",         "enter release date",      true},
 {"developer",     MD_STRING,              "unknown",          false,      "developer",            "enter game developer",    true},
 {"publisher",     MD_STRING,              "unknown",          false,      "publisher",            "enter game publisher",    true},
 {"genre",         MD_STRING,              "unknown",          false,      "genre",                "enter game genre",        true},

es-app/src/guis/GuiMetaDataEd.cpp

@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ GuiMetaDataEd::GuiMetaDataEd(
                 row.addElement(spacer, false);
 
                 ed = std::make_shared<DateTimeEditComponent>(window);
+                ed->setOriginalColor(DEFAULT_TEXTCOLOR);
                 ed->setChangedColor(TEXTCOLOR_USERMARKED);
                 row.addElement(ed, false);
 
@@ -430,11 +431,6 @@ void GuiMetaDataEd::close()
         std::string mMetaDataValue = mMetaData->get(key);
         std::string mEditorsValue = mEditors.at(i)->getValue();
 
-        // Incredibly ugly workaround to avoid the "SAVE CHANGES?" window for games
-        // with missing release date metadata.
-        if (key == "releasedate" && (mMetaDataValue == "" || mMetaDataValue == "not-a-date-time"))
-            mMetaDataValue = "19700101T010000";
-
         if (mMetaDataValue != mEditorsValue) {
             metadataUpdated = true;
             break;

es-app/src/guis/GuiScraperSearch.cpp

@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ GuiScraperSearch::GuiScraperSearch(
     mMD_Rating = std::make_shared<RatingComponent>(mWindow);
     mMD_ReleaseDate = std::make_shared<DateTimeEditComponent>(mWindow);
     mMD_ReleaseDate->setColor(mdColor);
+    mMD_ReleaseDate->setUppercase(true);
     mMD_Developer = std::make_shared<TextComponent>(mWindow, "", font, mdColor);
     mMD_Publisher = std::make_shared<TextComponent>(mWindow, "", font, mdColor);
     mMD_Genre = std::make_shared<TextComponent>(mWindow, "", font, mdColor);

es-core/src/components/DateTimeEditComponent.cpp

@@ -40,12 +40,18 @@ bool DateTimeEditComponent::input(InputConfig* config, Input input)
         if (mDisplayMode != DISP_RELATIVE_TO_NOW) // Don't allow editing for relative times.
             mEditing = !mEditing;
 
+        // Change the color of the text to reflect the changes.
+        if (mTime == mOriginalValue)
+            setColor(mColorOriginalValue);
+        else
+            setColor(mColorChangedValue);
+
         if (mEditing) {
             // Started editing.
             mTimeBeforeEdit = mTime;
 
             // Initialize to now if unset.
-            if (mTime.getTime() == Utils::Time::NOT_A_DATE_TIME) {
+            if (mTime.getTime() == Utils::Time::DEFAULT_TIMEVALUE) {
                 mTime = Utils::Time::now();
                 updateTextCache();
             }
@@ -55,6 +61,11 @@ bool DateTimeEditComponent::input(InputConfig* config, Input input)
     }
 
     if (mEditing) {
+
+        if (config->isMappedLike("lefttrigger", input) ||
+                config->isMappedLike("righttrigger", input))
+            return true;
+
         if (config->isMappedTo("b", input)) {
             mEditing = false;
             mTime = mTimeBeforeEdit;
@@ -107,12 +118,6 @@ bool DateTimeEditComponent::input(InputConfig* config, Input input)
 
             mTime = new_tm;
 
-            // Change the color of the text to reflect the changes.
-            if (mTime == mOriginalValue)
-                setColor(mColorOriginalValue);
-            else
-                setColor(mColorChangedValue);
-
             updateTextCache();
             return true;
         }

es-core/src/utils/TimeUtil.cpp

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ namespace Utils
             tm timeStruct  = { 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, -1 };
             size_t parsedChars = 0;
 
-            if (_string == "not-a-date-time")
+            if (_string == "19700101T010000")
                 return mktime(&timeStruct);
 
             while (*f && (parsedChars < _string.length())) {

es-core/src/utils/TimeUtil.h

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace Utils
 {
     namespace Time
     {
-        static int NOT_A_DATE_TIME = 0;
+        static int DEFAULT_TIMEVALUE = 0;
 
         class DateTime
         {