using ISO8601 format instead of custom

migrations/0050__string_dates.sql

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `sync_mig` (
     `sync_date`	TEXT NOT NULL);
 
 INSERT INTO sync_mig (id, entity_name, entity_id, source_id, sync_date)
-               SELECT id, entity_name, entity_id, source_id, datetime(sync_date, 'unixepoch') || '.000' FROM sync;
+               SELECT id, entity_name, entity_id, source_id, strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.000Z', sync_date, 'unixepoch') FROM sync;
 
 DROP TABLE sync;
 ALTER TABLE sync_mig RENAME TO sync;
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ CREATE INDEX `IDX_sync_sync_date` ON `sync` (
 
 -- Options
 
-UPDATE options SET opt_value = datetime(opt_value, 'unixepoch') || '.000' WHERE opt_name IN ('last_backup_date');
+UPDATE options SET opt_value = strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.000Z', opt_value, 'unixepoch') WHERE opt_name IN ('last_backup_date');
-UPDATE options SET date_modified = datetime(date_modified, 'unixepoch') || '.000';
+UPDATE options SET date_modified = strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.000Z', date_modified, 'unixepoch');
 
 -- Event log
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `event_log_mig` (
 );
 
 INSERT INTO event_log_mig (id, note_id, comment, date_added)
-                    SELECT id, note_id, comment, datetime(date_added, 'unixepoch') || '.000' FROM event_log;
+                    SELECT id, note_id, comment, strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.000Z', date_added, 'unixepoch') FROM event_log;
 
 DROP TABLE event_log;
 ALTER TABLE event_log_mig RENAME TO event_log;
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "notes_mig" (
 
 INSERT INTO notes_mig (note_id, note_title, note_text, is_protected, is_deleted, date_created, date_modified)
                 SELECT note_id, note_title, note_text, is_protected, is_deleted,
-                  datetime(date_created, 'unixepoch') || '.000',
+                  strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.000Z', date_created, 'unixepoch'),
-                  datetime(date_modified, 'unixepoch') || '.000'
+                  strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.000Z', date_modified, 'unixepoch')
                 FROM notes;
 
 DROP TABLE notes;
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "notes_history_mig" (
 
 INSERT INTO notes_history_mig (note_history_id, note_id, note_title, note_text, is_protected, date_modified_from, date_modified_to)
   SELECT note_history_id, note_id, note_title, note_text, is_protected,
-    datetime(date_modified_from, 'unixepoch') || '.000',
+    strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.000Z', date_modified_from, 'unixepoch'),
-    datetime(date_modified_to, 'unixepoch') || '.000'
+    strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.000Z', date_modified_to, 'unixepoch')
   FROM notes_history;
 
 DROP TABLE notes_history;
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "notes_tree_mig" (
 
 INSERT INTO notes_tree_mig (note_tree_id, note_id, note_pid, note_pos, prefix, is_expanded, is_deleted, date_modified)
                      SELECT note_tree_id, note_id, note_pid, note_pos, prefix, is_expanded, is_deleted,
-                            datetime(date_modified, 'unixepoch') || '.000'
+                            strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.000Z', date_modified, 'unixepoch')
                      FROM notes_tree;
 
 DROP TABLE notes_tree;

public/javascripts/dialogs/event_log.js

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const eventLog = (function() {
         listEl.html('');
 
         for (const event of result) {
-            const dateTime = formatDateTime(getDateFromTS(event.date_added));
+            const dateTime = formatDateTime(parseDate(event.date_added));
 
             if (event.note_id) {
                 const noteLink = link.createNoteLink(event.note_id).prop('outerHTML');

public/javascripts/dialogs/note_history.js

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const noteHistory = (function() {
         historyItems = await server.get('notes-history/' + noteId);
 
         for (const item of historyItems) {
-            const dateModified = getDateFromTS(item.date_modified_from);
+            const dateModified = parseDate(item.date_modified_from);
 
             $("#note-history-list").append($('<option>', {
                 value: item.note_history_id,

public/javascripts/dialogs/recent_changes.js

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const recentChanges = (function() {
             const dayEl = $('<div>').append($('<b>').html(formatDate(dateDay))).append(changesListEl);
 
             for (const change of dayChanges) {
-                const formattedTime = formatTime(getDateFromTS(change.date_modified_to));
+                const formattedTime = formatTime(parseDate(change.date_modified_to));
 
                 const revLink = $("<a>", {
                     href: 'javascript:',
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ const recentChanges = (function() {
         const dayCache = {};
 
         for (const row of result) {
-            let dateDay = getDateFromTS(row.date_modified_to);
+            let dateDay = parseDate(row.date_modified_to);
             dateDay.setHours(0);
             dateDay.setMinutes(0);
             dateDay.setSeconds(0);

public/javascripts/utils.js

@@ -36,10 +36,13 @@ function throwError(message) {
     throw new Error(message);
 }
 
-function getDateFromTS(timestamp) {
+function parseDate(str) {
-    // Date accepts number of milliseconds since epoch so UTC timestamp works without any extra handling
+    try {
-    // see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4631928/convert-utc-epoch-to-local-date-with-javascript
+        return new Date(Date.parse(str));
-    return new Date(timestamp * 1000);
+    }
+    catch (e) {
+        throw new Error("Can't parse date from " + str + ": " + e.stack);
+    }
 }
 
 function formatTime(date) {

services/utils.js

@@ -32,18 +32,16 @@ function nowDate() {
 }
 
 function dateStr(date) {
-    return date.toISOString().replace("T", " ").replace("Z", "");
+    return date.toISOString();
 }
 
 /**
- * @param str - needs to be in the "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.sss" format as outputted by dateStr().
+ * @param str - needs to be in the ISO 8601 format "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.sssZ" format as outputted by dateStr().
- *              also is assumed to be GMT time, *not* local time
+ *              also is assumed to be GMT time (as indicated by the "Z" at the end), *not* local time
  */
 function parseDate(str) {
     try {
-        const isoDate = str.replace(" ", "T") + "Z";
+        return new Date(Date.parse(str));
-
-        return new Date(Date.parse(isoDate));
     }
     catch (e) {
         throw new Error("Can't parse date from " + str + ": " + e.stack);