Merge branch 'develop' of github.com:matrix-org/synapse into registration-api-changes in preparation for re-merge to develop.

2 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/api/events/__init__.py b/synapse/api/events/__init__.py
index 5f300de108..72c493db57 100644
--- a/synapse/api/events/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/api/events/__init__.py
@@ -17,6 +17,18 @@ from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError, Codes
 from synapse.util.jsonobject import JsonEncodedObject
 
 
+def serialize_event(hs, e):
+    # FIXME(erikj): To handle the case of presence events and the like
+    if not isinstance(e, SynapseEvent):
+        return e
+
+    d = e.get_dict()
+    if "age_ts" in d:
+        d["age"] = int(hs.get_clock().time_msec()) - d["age_ts"]
+
+    return d
+
+
 class SynapseEvent(JsonEncodedObject):
 
     """Base class for Synapse events. These are JSON objects which must abide
@@ -43,6 +55,7 @@ class SynapseEvent(JsonEncodedObject):
         "content",  # HTTP body, JSON
         "state_key",
         "required_power_level",
+        "age_ts",
     ]
 
     internal_keys = [
diff --git a/synapse/api/events/factory.py b/synapse/api/events/factory.py
index 5e38cdbc44..d3d96d73eb 100644
--- a/synapse/api/events/factory.py
+++ b/synapse/api/events/factory.py
@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@ class EventFactory(object):
         if "ts" not in kwargs:
             kwargs["ts"] = int(self.clock.time_msec())
 
+        # The "age" key is a delta timestamp that should be converted into an
+        # absolute timestamp the minute we see it.
+        if "age" in kwargs:
+            kwargs["age_ts"] = int(self.clock.time_msec()) - int(kwargs["age"])
+            del kwargs["age"]
+        elif "age_ts" not in kwargs:
+            kwargs["age_ts"] = int(self.clock.time_msec())
+
         if etype in self._event_list:
             handler = self._event_list[etype]
         else: