Format date (close to) the old way in qml timeline

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/timeline2/TimelineModel.cpp b/src/timeline2/TimelineModel.cpp

index d7eb02d0..6f212833 100644
--- a/src/timeline2/TimelineModel.cpp
+++ b/src/timeline2/TimelineModel.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "TimelineModel.h"
 
+#include <QRegularExpression>
+
 #include "Logging.h"
 #include "Utils.h"
 
@@ -196,3 +198,18 @@ TimelineModel::displayName(QString id) const
 {
         return Cache::displayName(room_id_, id);
 }
+
+QString
+TimelineModel::formatDateSeparator(QDate date) const
+{
+        auto now = QDateTime::currentDateTime();
+
+        QString fmt = QLocale::system().dateFormat(QLocale::LongFormat);
+
+        if (now.date().year() == date.year()) {
+                QRegularExpression rx("[^a-zA-Z]*y+[^a-zA-Z]*");
+                fmt = fmt.remove(rx);
+        }
+
+        return date.toString(fmt);
+}