Change to timestamp instead of saving timestrings.

scripts/communityScripts/armored-chat/armored_chat.js

@@ -97,20 +97,26 @@
         if (channel !== "chat") return;
         message = JSON.parse(message);
 
+        // Get the message data
+        const currentTimestamp = _getTimestamp();
+        const timeArray = _formatTimestamp(currentTimestamp);
+
         if (!message.channel) message.channel = "domain"; // We don't know where to put this message. Assume it is a domain wide message.
         if (message.forApp) return; // Floofchat
 
         // Floofchat compatibility hook
         message = floofChatCompatibilityConversion(message);
-        message.channel = message.channel.toLowerCase(); // Make sure the "local", "domain", etc. is formatted consistently
+        message.channel = message.channel.toLowerCase();
 
-        if (!channels.includes(message.channel)) return; // Check the channel
+        // Check the channel. If the channel is not one we have, do nothing.
-        if (
+        if (!channels.includes(message.channel)) return;
-            message.channel == "local" &&
+
-            Vec3.distance(MyAvatar.position, message.position) >
+        // If message is local, and if player is too far away from location, do nothing.
-                maxLocalDistance
+        if (message.channel == "local" && isCloseEnough(message.position)) return; 
-        )
+
-            return; // If message is local, and if player is too far away from location, don't do anything
+        // Format the timestamp 
+        message.timeString = timeArray[0];
+        message.dateString = timeArray[1];
 
         // Update qml view of to new message
         _emitEvent({ type: "show_message", ...message });
@@ -125,20 +131,25 @@
 
         // Save message to history
         let savedMessage = message;
+
+        // Remove unnecessary data.
         delete savedMessage.position;
-        savedMessage.timeString = new Date().toLocaleTimeString(undefined, {
+        delete savedMessage.timeString;
-            hour12: false,
+        delete savedMessage.dateString;
-        });
+        delete savedMessage.action;
-        savedMessage.dateString = new Date().toLocaleDateString(undefined, {
+
-            year: "numeric",
+        savedMessage.timestamp = currentTimestamp;
-            month: "long",
+
-            day: "numeric",
-        });
         messageHistory.push(savedMessage);
         while (messageHistory.length > settings.maximum_messages) {
             messageHistory.shift();
         }
         Settings.setValue("ArmoredChat-Messages", messageHistory);
+
+        // Check to see if the message is close enough to the user
+        function isCloseEnough(messagePosition) {
+            return Vec3.distance(MyAvatar.position, messagePosition) > maxLocalDistance;
+        }
     }
     function fromQML(event) {
         switch (event.type) {
@@ -214,9 +225,7 @@
 
             // Get the display name of the user
             let displayName = "";
-            displayName =
+            displayName = AvatarManager.getPalData([sessionId])?.data[0]?.sessionDisplayName || null;
-                AvatarManager.getPalData([sessionId])?.data[0]
-                    ?.sessionDisplayName || null;
             if (displayName == null) {
                 for (let i = 0; i < palData.length; i++) {
                     if (palData[i].sessionUUID == sessionId) {
@@ -227,6 +236,9 @@
 
             // Format the packet
             let message = {};
+            const timeArray = _formatTimestamp(_getTimestamp());
+            message.timeString = timeArray[0];
+            message.dateString = timeArray[1];
             message.message = `${displayName} ${type}`;
 
             _emitEvent({ type: "notification", ...message });
@@ -238,7 +250,9 @@
         if (messageHistory) {
             // Load message history
             messageHistory.forEach((message) => {
-                delete message.action;
+                const timeArray = _formatTimestamp(_getTimestamp());
+                message.timeString = timeArray[0];
+                message.dateString = timeArray[1];
                 _emitEvent({ type: "show_message", ...message });
             });
         }
@@ -250,6 +264,24 @@
         console.log("Saving config");
         Settings.setValue("ArmoredChat-Config", settings);
     }
+    function _getTimestamp(){
+        return Date.now();
+    }
+    function _formatTimestamp(timestamp){
+        let timeArray = [];
+
+        timeArray.push(new Date().toLocaleTimeString(undefined, {
+            hour12: false,
+        }));
+
+        timeArray.push(new Date(timestamp).toLocaleDateString(undefined, {
+                year: "numeric",
+                month: "long",
+                day: "numeric",
+        }));
+
+        return timeArray;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Emit a packet to the HTML front end. Easy communication!

scripts/communityScripts/armored-chat/armored_chat.qml

@@ -562,15 +562,13 @@ Rectangle {
 
     // Messages from script
     function fromScript(message) {
-        let time = new Date().toLocaleTimeString(undefined, { hour12: false });
-        let date = new Date().toLocaleDateString(undefined, { year: "numeric", month: "long", day: "numeric", });
 
         switch (message.type){
             case "show_message":
-                addMessage(message.displayName, message.message, `[ ${message.timeString || time} - ${message.dateString || date} ]`, message.channel, "chat");
+                addMessage(message.displayName, message.message, `[ ${message.timeString} - ${message.dateString} ]`, message.channel, "chat");
                 break;
             case "notification":
-                addMessage("SYSTEM", message.message, `[ ${time} - ${date} ]`, "domain", "notification");
+                addMessage("SYSTEM", message.message, `[ ${message.timeString} - ${message.dateString} ]`, "domain", "notification");
                 break;
             case "clear_messages":
                 local.clear();