1 files changed, 520 insertions, 124 deletions

diff --git a/date.c b/date.c
index 1c1917b4e8..353e0a5e53 100644
--- a/date.c
+++ b/date.c
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
  * Copyright (C) Linus Torvalds, 2005
  */
 
-#include <time.h>
-#include <sys/time.h>
-
 #include "cache.h"
 
-static time_t my_mktime(struct tm *tm)
+/*
+ * This is like mktime, but without normalization of tm_wday and tm_yday.
+ */
+static time_t tm_to_time_t(const struct tm *tm)
 {
 	static const int mdays[] = {
 	    0, 31, 59, 90, 120, 151, 181, 212, 243, 273, 304, 334
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ static time_t my_mktime(struct tm *tm)
 		return -1;
 	if (month < 2 || (year + 2) % 4)
 		day--;
+	if (tm->tm_hour < 0 || tm->tm_min < 0 || tm->tm_sec < 0)
+		return -1;
 	return (year * 365 + (year + 1) / 4 + mdays[month] + day) * 24*60*60UL +
 		tm->tm_hour * 60*60 + tm->tm_min * 60 + tm->tm_sec;
 }
@@ -37,31 +39,162 @@ static const char *weekday_names[] = {
 	"Sundays", "Mondays", "Tuesdays", "Wednesdays", "Thursdays", "Fridays", "Saturdays"
 };
 
+static time_t gm_time_t(unsigned long time, int tz)
+{
+	int minutes;
+
+	minutes = tz < 0 ? -tz : tz;
+	minutes = (minutes / 100)*60 + (minutes % 100);
+	minutes = tz < 0 ? -minutes : minutes;
+	return time + minutes * 60;
+}
+
 /*
  * The "tz" thing is passed in as this strange "decimal parse of tz"
  * thing, which means that tz -0100 is passed in as the integer -100,
  * even though it means "sixty minutes off"
  */
-const char *show_date(unsigned long time, int tz)
+static struct tm *time_to_tm(unsigned long time, int tz)
+{
+	time_t t = gm_time_t(time, tz);
+	return gmtime(&t);
+}
+
+/*
+ * What value of "tz" was in effect back then at "time" in the
+ * local timezone?
+ */
+static int local_tzoffset(unsigned long time)
+{
+	time_t t, t_local;
+	struct tm tm;
+	int offset, eastwest;
+
+	t = time;
+	localtime_r(&t, &tm);
+	t_local = tm_to_time_t(&tm);
+
+	if (t_local < t) {
+		eastwest = -1;
+		offset = t - t_local;
+	} else {
+		eastwest = 1;
+		offset = t_local - t;
+	}
+	offset /= 60; /* in minutes */
+	offset = (offset % 60) + ((offset / 60) * 100);
+	return offset * eastwest;
+}
+
+const char *show_date_relative(unsigned long time, int tz,
+			       const struct timeval *now,
+			       char *timebuf,
+			       size_t timebuf_size)
+{
+	unsigned long diff;
+	if (now->tv_sec < time)
+		return "in the future";
+	diff = now->tv_sec - time;
+	if (diff < 90) {
+		snprintf(timebuf, timebuf_size, "%lu seconds ago", diff);
+		return timebuf;
+	}
+	/* Turn it into minutes */
+	diff = (diff + 30) / 60;
+	if (diff < 90) {
+		snprintf(timebuf, timebuf_size, "%lu minutes ago", diff);
+		return timebuf;
+	}
+	/* Turn it into hours */
+	diff = (diff + 30) / 60;
+	if (diff < 36) {
+		snprintf(timebuf, timebuf_size, "%lu hours ago", diff);
+		return timebuf;
+	}
+	/* We deal with number of days from here on */
+	diff = (diff + 12) / 24;
+	if (diff < 14) {
+		snprintf(timebuf, timebuf_size, "%lu days ago", diff);
+		return timebuf;
+	}
+	/* Say weeks for the past 10 weeks or so */
+	if (diff < 70) {
+		snprintf(timebuf, timebuf_size, "%lu weeks ago", (diff + 3) / 7);
+		return timebuf;
+	}
+	/* Say months for the past 12 months or so */
+	if (diff < 365) {
+		snprintf(timebuf, timebuf_size, "%lu months ago", (diff + 15) / 30);
+		return timebuf;
+	}
+	/* Give years and months for 5 years or so */
+	if (diff < 1825) {
+		unsigned long totalmonths = (diff * 12 * 2 + 365) / (365 * 2);
+		unsigned long years = totalmonths / 12;
+		unsigned long months = totalmonths % 12;
+		int n;
+		n = snprintf(timebuf, timebuf_size, "%lu year%s",
+				years, (years > 1 ? "s" : ""));
+		if (months)
+			snprintf(timebuf + n, timebuf_size - n,
+					", %lu month%s ago",
+					months, (months > 1 ? "s" : ""));
+		else
+			snprintf(timebuf + n, timebuf_size - n, " ago");
+		return timebuf;
+	}
+	/* Otherwise, just years. Centuries is probably overkill. */
+	snprintf(timebuf, timebuf_size, "%lu years ago", (diff + 183) / 365);
+	return timebuf;
+}
+
+const char *show_date(unsigned long time, int tz, enum date_mode mode)
 {
 	struct tm *tm;
-	time_t t;
 	static char timebuf[200];
-	int minutes;
 
-	minutes = tz < 0 ? -tz : tz;
-	minutes = (minutes / 100)*60 + (minutes % 100);
-	minutes = tz < 0 ? -minutes : minutes;
-	t = time + minutes * 60;
-	tm = gmtime(&t);
+	if (mode == DATE_RAW) {
+		snprintf(timebuf, sizeof(timebuf), "%lu %+05d", time, tz);
+		return timebuf;
+	}
+
+	if (mode == DATE_RELATIVE) {
+		struct timeval now;
+		gettimeofday(&now, NULL);
+		return show_date_relative(time, tz, &now,
+					  timebuf, sizeof(timebuf));
+	}
+
+	if (mode == DATE_LOCAL)
+		tz = local_tzoffset(time);
+
+	tm = time_to_tm(time, tz);
 	if (!tm)
 		return NULL;
-	sprintf(timebuf, "%.3s %.3s %d %02d:%02d:%02d %d %+05d",
-		weekday_names[tm->tm_wday],
-		month_names[tm->tm_mon],
-		tm->tm_mday,
-		tm->tm_hour, tm->tm_min, tm->tm_sec,
-		tm->tm_year + 1900, tz);
+	if (mode == DATE_SHORT)
+		sprintf(timebuf, "%04d-%02d-%02d", tm->tm_year + 1900,
+				tm->tm_mon + 1, tm->tm_mday);
+	else if (mode == DATE_ISO8601)
+		sprintf(timebuf, "%04d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d %+05d",
+				tm->tm_year + 1900,
+				tm->tm_mon + 1,
+				tm->tm_mday,
+				tm->tm_hour, tm->tm_min, tm->tm_sec,
+				tz);
+	else if (mode == DATE_RFC2822)
+		sprintf(timebuf, "%.3s, %d %.3s %d %02d:%02d:%02d %+05d",
+			weekday_names[tm->tm_wday], tm->tm_mday,
+			month_names[tm->tm_mon], tm->tm_year + 1900,
+			tm->tm_hour, tm->tm_min, tm->tm_sec, tz);
+	else
+		sprintf(timebuf, "%.3s %.3s %d %02d:%02d:%02d %d%c%+05d",
+				weekday_names[tm->tm_wday],
+				month_names[tm->tm_mon],
+				tm->tm_mday,
+				tm->tm_hour, tm->tm_min, tm->tm_sec,
+				tm->tm_year + 1900,
+				(mode == DATE_LOCAL) ? 0 : ' ',
+				tz);
 	return timebuf;
 }
 
@@ -97,6 +230,7 @@ static const struct {
 
 	{ "GMT",    0, 0, },	/* Greenwich Mean */
 	{ "UTC",    0, 0, },	/* Universal (Coordinated) */
+	{ "Z",      0, 0, },    /* Zulu, alias for UTC */
 
 	{ "WET",    0, 0, },	/* Western European */
 	{ "BST",    0, 1, },	/* British Summer */
@@ -117,9 +251,9 @@ static const struct {
 	{ "EAST", +10, 0, },	/* Eastern Australian Standard */
 	{ "EADT", +10, 1, },	/* Eastern Australian Daylight */
 	{ "GST",  +10, 0, },	/* Guam Standard, USSR Zone 9 */
-	{ "NZT",  +11, 0, },	/* New Zealand */
-	{ "NZST", +11, 0, },	/* New Zealand Standard */
-	{ "NZDT", +11, 1, },	/* New Zealand Daylight */
+	{ "NZT",  +12, 0, },	/* New Zealand */
+	{ "NZST", +12, 0, },	/* New Zealand Standard */
+	{ "NZDT", +12, 1, },	/* New Zealand Daylight */
 	{ "IDLE", +12, 0, },	/* International Date Line East */
 };
 
@@ -173,7 +307,7 @@ static int match_alpha(const char *date, struct tm *tm, int *offset)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(timezone_names); i++) {
 		int match = match_string(date, timezone_names[i].name);
-		if (match >= 3) {
+		if (match >= 3 || match == strlen(timezone_names[i].name)) {
 			int off = timezone_names[i].offset;
 
 			/* This is bogus, but we like summer */
@@ -188,8 +322,12 @@ static int match_alpha(const char *date, struct tm *tm, int *offset)
 	}
 
 	if (match_string(date, "PM") == 2) {
-		if (tm->tm_hour > 0 && tm->tm_hour < 12)
-			tm->tm_hour += 12;
+		tm->tm_hour = (tm->tm_hour % 12) + 12;
+		return 2;
+	}
+
+	if (match_string(date, "AM") == 2) {
+		tm->tm_hour = (tm->tm_hour % 12) + 0;
 		return 2;
 	}
 
@@ -197,26 +335,43 @@ static int match_alpha(const char *date, struct tm *tm, int *offset)
 	return skip_alpha(date);
 }
 
-static int is_date(int year, int month, int day, struct tm *tm)
+static int is_date(int year, int month, int day, struct tm *now_tm, time_t now, struct tm *tm)
 {
 	if (month > 0 && month < 13 && day > 0 && day < 32) {
+		struct tm check = *tm;
+		struct tm *r = (now_tm ? &check : tm);
+		time_t specified;
+
+		r->tm_mon = month - 1;
+		r->tm_mday = day;
 		if (year == -1) {
-			tm->tm_mon = month-1;
-			tm->tm_mday = day;
-			return 1;
+			if (!now_tm)
+				return 1;
+			r->tm_year = now_tm->tm_year;
 		}
-		if (year >= 1970 && year < 2100) {
-			year -= 1900;
-		} else if (year > 70 && year < 100) {
-			/* ok */
-		} else if (year < 38) {
-			year += 100;
-		} else
+		else if (year >= 1970 && year < 2100)
+			r->tm_year = year - 1900;
+		else if (year > 70 && year < 100)
+			r->tm_year = year;
+		else if (year < 38)
+			r->tm_year = year + 100;
+		else
 			return 0;
+		if (!now_tm)
+			return 1;
+
+		specified = tm_to_time_t(r);
 
-		tm->tm_mon = month-1;
-		tm->tm_mday = day;
-		tm->tm_year = year;
+		/* Be it commit time or author time, it does not make
+		 * sense to specify timestamp way into the future.  Make
+		 * sure it is not later than ten days from now...
+		 */
+		if (now + 10*24*3600 < specified)
+			return 0;
+		tm->tm_mon = r->tm_mon;
+		tm->tm_mday = r->tm_mday;
+		if (year != -1)
+			tm->tm_year = r->tm_year;
 		return 1;
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -224,6 +379,9 @@ static int is_date(int year, int month, int day, struct tm *tm)
 
 static int match_multi_number(unsigned long num, char c, const char *date, char *end, struct tm *tm)
 {
+	time_t now;
+	struct tm now_tm;
+	struct tm *refuse_future;
 	long num2, num3;
 
 	num2 = strtol(end+1, &end, 10);
@@ -246,19 +404,33 @@ static int match_multi_number(unsigned long num, char c, const char *date, char
 
 	case '-':
 	case '/':
+	case '.':
+		now = time(NULL);
+		refuse_future = NULL;
+		if (gmtime_r(&now, &now_tm))
+			refuse_future = &now_tm;
+
 		if (num > 70) {
 			/* yyyy-mm-dd? */
-			if (is_date(num, num2, num3, tm))
+			if (is_date(num, num2, num3, refuse_future, now, tm))
 				break;
 			/* yyyy-dd-mm? */
-			if (is_date(num, num3, num2, tm))
+			if (is_date(num, num3, num2, refuse_future, now, tm))
 				break;
 		}
-		/* mm/dd/yy ? */
-		if (is_date(num3, num2, num, tm))
+		/* Our eastern European friends say dd.mm.yy[yy]
+		 * is the norm there, so giving precedence to
+		 * mm/dd/yy[yy] form only when separator is not '.'
+		 */
+		if (c != '.' &&
+		    is_date(num3, num, num2, refuse_future, now, tm))
 			break;
-		/* dd/mm/yy ? */
-		if (is_date(num3, num, num2, tm))
+		/* European dd.mm.yy[yy] or funny US dd/mm/yy[yy] */
+		if (is_date(num3, num2, num, refuse_future, now, tm))
+			break;
+		/* Funny European mm.dd.yy */
+		if (c == '.' &&
+		    is_date(num3, num, num2, refuse_future, now, tm))
 			break;
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -266,7 +438,22 @@ static int match_multi_number(unsigned long num, char c, const char *date, char
 }
 
 /*
- * We've seen a digit. Time? Year? Date? 
+ * Have we filled in any part of the time/date yet?
+ * We just do a binary 'and' to see if the sign bit
+ * is set in all the values.
+ */
+static inline int nodate(struct tm *tm)
+{
+	return (tm->tm_year &
+		tm->tm_mon &
+		tm->tm_mday &
+		tm->tm_hour &
+		tm->tm_min &
+		tm->tm_sec) < 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * We've seen a digit. Time? Year? Date?
  */
 static int match_digit(const char *date, struct tm *tm, int *offset, int *tm_gmt)
 {
@@ -277,9 +464,11 @@ static int match_digit(const char *date, struct tm *tm, int *offset, int *tm_gmt
 	num = strtoul(date, &end, 10);
 
 	/*
-	 * Seconds since 1970? We trigger on that for anything after Jan 1, 2000
+	 * Seconds since 1970? We trigger on that for any numbers with
+	 * more than 8 digits. This is because we don't want to rule out
+	 * numbers like 20070606 as a YYYYMMDD date.
 	 */
-	if (num > 946684800) {
+	if (num >= 100000000 && nodate(tm)) {
 		time_t time = num;
 		if (gmtime_r(&time, tm)) {
 			*tm_gmt = 1;
@@ -288,10 +477,11 @@ static int match_digit(const char *date, struct tm *tm, int *offset, int *tm_gmt
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for special formats: num[:-/]num[same]num
+	 * Check for special formats: num[-.:/]num[same]num
 	 */
 	switch (*end) {
 	case ':':
+	case '.':
 	case '/':
 	case '-':
 		if (isdigit(end[1])) {
@@ -313,7 +503,7 @@ static int match_digit(const char *date, struct tm *tm, int *offset, int *tm_gmt
 
 	/* Four-digit year or a timezone? */
 	if (n == 4) {
-		if (num <= 1200 && *offset == -1) {
+		if (num <= 1400 && *offset == -1) {
 			unsigned int minutes = num % 100;
 			unsigned int hours = num / 100;
 			*offset = hours*60 + minutes;
@@ -323,6 +513,13 @@ static int match_digit(const char *date, struct tm *tm, int *offset, int *tm_gmt
 	}
 
 	/*
+	 * Ignore lots of numerals. We took care of 4-digit years above.
+	 * Days or months must be one or two digits.
+	 */
+	if (n > 2)
+		return n;
+
+	/*
 	 * NOTE! We will give precedence to day-of-month over month or
 	 * year numbers in the 1-12 range. So 05 is always "mday 5",
 	 * unless we already have a mday..
@@ -346,39 +543,44 @@ static int match_digit(const char *date, struct tm *tm, int *offset, int *tm_gmt
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (num > 0 && num < 32) {
-		tm->tm_mday = num;
-	} else if (num > 1900) {
-		tm->tm_year = num - 1900;
-	} else if (num > 70) {
-		tm->tm_year = num;
-	} else if (num > 0 && num < 13) {
+	if (num > 0 && num < 13 && tm->tm_mon < 0)
 		tm->tm_mon = num-1;
-	}
-		
+
 	return n;
 }
 
 static int match_tz(const char *date, int *offp)
 {
 	char *end;
-	int offset = strtoul(date+1, &end, 10);
-	int min, hour;
-	int n = end - date - 1;
+	int hour = strtoul(date + 1, &end, 10);
+	int n = end - (date + 1);
+	int min = 0;
 
-	min = offset % 100;
-	hour = offset / 100;
+	if (n == 4) {
+		/* hhmm */
+		min = hour % 100;
+		hour = hour / 100;
+	} else if (n != 2) {
+		min = 99; /* random crap */
+	} else if (*end == ':') {
+		/* hh:mm? */
+		min = strtoul(end + 1, &end, 10);
+		if (end - (date + 1) != 5)
+			min = 99; /* random crap */
+	} /* otherwise we parsed "hh" */
 
 	/*
-	 * Don't accept any random crap.. At least 3 digits, and
-	 * a valid minute. We might want to check that the minutes
-	 * are divisible by 30 or something too.
+	 * Don't accept any random crap. Even though some places have
+	 * offset larger than 12 hours (e.g. Pacific/Kiritimati is at
+	 * UTC+14), there is something wrong if hour part is much
+	 * larger than that. We might also want to check that the
+	 * minutes are divisible by 15 or something too. (Offset of
+	 * Kathmandu, Nepal is UTC+5:45)
 	 */
-	if (min < 60 && n > 2) {
-		offset = hour*60+min;
+	if (min < 60 && hour < 24) {
+		int offset = hour * 60 + min;
 		if (*date == '-')
 			offset = -offset;
-
 		*offp = offset;
 	}
 	return end - date;
@@ -397,18 +599,27 @@ static int date_string(unsigned long date, int offset, char *buf, int len)
 
 /* Gr. strptime is crap for this; it doesn't have a way to require RFC2822
    (i.e. English) day/month names, and it doesn't work correctly with %z. */
-int parse_date(const char *date, char *result, int maxlen)
+int parse_date_basic(const char *date, unsigned long *timestamp, int *offset)
 {
 	struct tm tm;
-	int offset, tm_gmt;
-	time_t then;
+	int tm_gmt;
+	unsigned long dummy_timestamp;
+	int dummy_offset;
+
+	if (!timestamp)
+		timestamp = &dummy_timestamp;
+	if (!offset)
+		offset = &dummy_offset;
 
 	memset(&tm, 0, sizeof(tm));
 	tm.tm_year = -1;
 	tm.tm_mon = -1;
 	tm.tm_mday = -1;
 	tm.tm_isdst = -1;
-	offset = -1;
+	tm.tm_hour = -1;
+	tm.tm_min = -1;
+	tm.tm_sec = -1;
+	*offset = -1;
 	tm_gmt = 0;
 
 	for (;;) {
@@ -420,31 +631,62 @@ int parse_date(const char *date, char *result, int maxlen)
 			break;
 
 		if (isalpha(c))
-			match = match_alpha(date, &tm, &offset);
+			match = match_alpha(date, &tm, offset);
 		else if (isdigit(c))
-			match = match_digit(date, &tm, &offset, &tm_gmt);
+			match = match_digit(date, &tm, offset, &tm_gmt);
 		else if ((c == '-' || c == '+') && isdigit(date[1]))
-			match = match_tz(date, &offset);
+			match = match_tz(date, offset);
 
 		if (!match) {
 			/* BAD CRAP */
 			match = 1;
-		}	
+		}
 
 		date += match;
 	}
 
 	/* mktime uses local timezone */
-	then = my_mktime(&tm); 
-	if (offset == -1)
-		offset = (then - mktime(&tm)) / 60;
+	*timestamp = tm_to_time_t(&tm);
+	if (*offset == -1)
+		*offset = ((time_t)*timestamp - mktime(&tm)) / 60;
 
-	if (then == -1)
+	if (*timestamp == -1)
 		return -1;
 
 	if (!tm_gmt)
-		then -= offset * 60;
-	return date_string(then, offset, result, maxlen);
+		*timestamp -= *offset * 60;
+	return 0; /* success */
+}
+
+int parse_date(const char *date, char *result, int maxlen)
+{
+	unsigned long timestamp;
+	int offset;
+	if (parse_date_basic(date, &timestamp, &offset))
+		return -1;
+	return date_string(timestamp, offset, result, maxlen);
+}
+
+enum date_mode parse_date_format(const char *format)
+{
+	if (!strcmp(format, "relative"))
+		return DATE_RELATIVE;
+	else if (!strcmp(format, "iso8601") ||
+		 !strcmp(format, "iso"))
+		return DATE_ISO8601;
+	else if (!strcmp(format, "rfc2822") ||
+		 !strcmp(format, "rfc"))
+		return DATE_RFC2822;
+	else if (!strcmp(format, "short"))
+		return DATE_SHORT;
+	else if (!strcmp(format, "local"))
+		return DATE_LOCAL;
+	else if (!strcmp(format, "default"))
+		return DATE_NORMAL;
+	else if (!strcmp(format, "raw"))
+		return DATE_RAW;
+	else
+		die("unknown date format %s", format);
 }
 
 void datestamp(char *buf, int bufsize)
@@ -454,55 +696,115 @@ void datestamp(char *buf, int bufsize)
 
 	time(&now);
 
-	offset = my_mktime(localtime(&now)) - now;
+	offset = tm_to_time_t(localtime(&now)) - now;
 	offset /= 60;
 
 	date_string(now, offset, buf, bufsize);
 }
 
-static void update_tm(struct tm *tm, unsigned long sec)
+/*
+ * Relative time update (eg "2 days ago").  If we haven't set the time
+ * yet, we need to set it from current time.
+ */
+static unsigned long update_tm(struct tm *tm, struct tm *now, unsigned long sec)
 {
-	time_t n = mktime(tm) - sec;
+	time_t n;
+
+	if (tm->tm_mday < 0)
+		tm->tm_mday = now->tm_mday;
+	if (tm->tm_mon < 0)
+		tm->tm_mon = now->tm_mon;
+	if (tm->tm_year < 0) {
+		tm->tm_year = now->tm_year;
+		if (tm->tm_mon > now->tm_mon)
+			tm->tm_year--;
+	}
+
+	n = mktime(tm) - sec;
 	localtime_r(&n, tm);
+	return n;
 }
 
-static void date_yesterday(struct tm *tm, int *num)
+static void date_now(struct tm *tm, struct tm *now, int *num)
 {
-	update_tm(tm, 24*60*60);
+	update_tm(tm, now, 0);
 }
 
-static void date_time(struct tm *tm, int hour)
+static void date_yesterday(struct tm *tm, struct tm *now, int *num)
+{
+	update_tm(tm, now, 24*60*60);
+}
+
+static void date_time(struct tm *tm, struct tm *now, int hour)
 {
 	if (tm->tm_hour < hour)
-		date_yesterday(tm, NULL);
+		date_yesterday(tm, now, NULL);
 	tm->tm_hour = hour;
 	tm->tm_min = 0;
 	tm->tm_sec = 0;
 }
 
-static void date_midnight(struct tm *tm, int *num)
+static void date_midnight(struct tm *tm, struct tm *now, int *num)
+{
+	date_time(tm, now, 0);
+}
+
+static void date_noon(struct tm *tm, struct tm *now, int *num)
+{
+	date_time(tm, now, 12);
+}
+
+static void date_tea(struct tm *tm, struct tm *now, int *num)
 {
-	date_time(tm, 0);
+	date_time(tm, now, 17);
 }
 
-static void date_noon(struct tm *tm, int *num)
+static void date_pm(struct tm *tm, struct tm *now, int *num)
 {
-	date_time(tm, 12);
+	int hour, n = *num;
+	*num = 0;
+
+	hour = tm->tm_hour;
+	if (n) {
+		hour = n;
+		tm->tm_min = 0;
+		tm->tm_sec = 0;
+	}
+	tm->tm_hour = (hour % 12) + 12;
+}
+
+static void date_am(struct tm *tm, struct tm *now, int *num)
+{
+	int hour, n = *num;
+	*num = 0;
+
+	hour = tm->tm_hour;
+	if (n) {
+		hour = n;
+		tm->tm_min = 0;
+		tm->tm_sec = 0;
+	}
+	tm->tm_hour = (hour % 12);
 }
 
-static void date_tea(struct tm *tm, int *num)
+static void date_never(struct tm *tm, struct tm *now, int *num)
 {
-	date_time(tm, 17);
+	time_t n = 0;
+	localtime_r(&n, tm);
 }
 
 static const struct special {
 	const char *name;
-	void (*fn)(struct tm *, int *);
+	void (*fn)(struct tm *, struct tm *, int *);
 } special[] = {
 	{ "yesterday", date_yesterday },
 	{ "noon", date_noon },
 	{ "midnight", date_midnight },
 	{ "tea", date_tea },
+	{ "PM", date_pm },
+	{ "AM", date_am },
+	{ "never", date_never },
+	{ "now", date_now },
 	{ NULL }
 };
 
@@ -521,22 +823,23 @@ static const struct typelen {
 	{ "days", 24*60*60 },
 	{ "weeks", 7*24*60*60 },
 	{ NULL }
-};	
+};
 
-static const char *approxidate_alpha(const char *date, struct tm *tm, int *num)
+static const char *approxidate_alpha(const char *date, struct tm *tm, struct tm *now, int *num, int *touched)
 {
 	const struct typelen *tl;
 	const struct special *s;
 	const char *end = date;
-	int n = 1, i;
+	int i;
 
-	while (isalpha(*++end))
-		n++;
+	while (isalpha(*++end));
+		;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < 12; i++) {
 		int match = match_string(date, month_names[i]);
 		if (match >= 3) {
 			tm->tm_mon = i;
+			*touched = 1;
 			return end;
 		}
 	}
@@ -544,7 +847,8 @@ static const char *approxidate_alpha(const char *date, struct tm *tm, int *num)
 	for (s = special; s->name; s++) {
 		int len = strlen(s->name);
 		if (match_string(date, s->name) == len) {
-			s->fn(tm, num);
+			s->fn(tm, now, num);
+			*touched = 1;
 			return end;
 		}
 	}
@@ -554,11 +858,14 @@ static const char *approxidate_alpha(const char *date, struct tm *tm, int *num)
 			int len = strlen(number_name[i]);
 			if (match_string(date, number_name[i]) == len) {
 				*num = i;
+				*touched = 1;
 				return end;
 			}
 		}
-		if (match_string(date, "last") == 4)
+		if (match_string(date, "last") == 4) {
 			*num = 1;
+			*touched = 1;
+		}
 		return end;
 	}
 
@@ -566,8 +873,9 @@ static const char *approxidate_alpha(const char *date, struct tm *tm, int *num)
 	while (tl->type) {
 		int len = strlen(tl->type);
 		if (match_string(date, tl->type) >= len-1) {
-			update_tm(tm, tl->length * *num);
+			update_tm(tm, now, tl->length * *num);
 			*num = 0;
+			*touched = 1;
 			return end;
 		}
 		tl++;
@@ -584,61 +892,149 @@ static const char *approxidate_alpha(const char *date, struct tm *tm, int *num)
 				n++;
 			diff += 7*n;
 
-			update_tm(tm, diff * 24 * 60 * 60);
+			update_tm(tm, now, diff * 24 * 60 * 60);
+			*touched = 1;
 			return end;
 		}
 	}
 
 	if (match_string(date, "months") >= 5) {
-		int n = tm->tm_mon - *num;
+		int n;
+		update_tm(tm, now, 0); /* fill in date fields if needed */
+		n = tm->tm_mon - *num;
 		*num = 0;
 		while (n < 0) {
 			n += 12;
 			tm->tm_year--;
 		}
 		tm->tm_mon = n;
+		*touched = 1;
 		return end;
 	}
 
 	if (match_string(date, "years") >= 4) {
+		update_tm(tm, now, 0); /* fill in date fields if needed */
 		tm->tm_year -= *num;
 		*num = 0;
+		*touched = 1;
 		return end;
 	}
 
 	return end;
 }
 
-unsigned long approxidate(const char *date)
+static const char *approxidate_digit(const char *date, struct tm *tm, int *num)
+{
+	char *end;
+	unsigned long number = strtoul(date, &end, 10);
+
+	switch (*end) {
+	case ':':
+	case '.':
+	case '/':
+	case '-':
+		if (isdigit(end[1])) {
+			int match = match_multi_number(number, *end, date, end, tm);
+			if (match)
+				return date + match;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* Accept zero-padding only for small numbers ("Dec 02", never "Dec 0002") */
+	if (date[0] != '0' || end - date <= 2)
+		*num = number;
+	return end;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Do we have a pending number at the end, or when
+ * we see a new one? Let's assume it's a month day,
+ * as in "Dec 6, 1992"
+ */
+static void pending_number(struct tm *tm, int *num)
+{
+	int number = *num;
+
+	if (number) {
+		*num = 0;
+		if (tm->tm_mday < 0 && number < 32)
+			tm->tm_mday = number;
+		else if (tm->tm_mon < 0 && number < 13)
+			tm->tm_mon = number-1;
+		else if (tm->tm_year < 0) {
+			if (number > 1969 && number < 2100)
+				tm->tm_year = number - 1900;
+			else if (number > 69 && number < 100)
+				tm->tm_year = number;
+			else if (number < 38)
+				tm->tm_year = 100 + number;
+			/* We screw up for number = 00 ? */
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+static unsigned long approxidate_str(const char *date,
+				     const struct timeval *tv,
+				     int *error_ret)
 {
 	int number = 0;
+	int touched = 0;
 	struct tm tm, now;
-	struct timeval tv;
-	char buffer[50];
-
-	if (parse_date(date, buffer, sizeof(buffer)) > 0)
-		return strtoul(buffer, NULL, 10);
+	time_t time_sec;
 
-	gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
-	localtime_r(&tv.tv_sec, &tm);
+	time_sec = tv->tv_sec;
+	localtime_r(&time_sec, &tm);
 	now = tm;
+
+	tm.tm_year = -1;
+	tm.tm_mon = -1;
+	tm.tm_mday = -1;
+
 	for (;;) {
 		unsigned char c = *date;
 		if (!c)
 			break;
 		date++;
 		if (isdigit(c)) {
-			char *end;
-			number = strtoul(date-1, &end, 10);
-			date = end;
+			pending_number(&tm, &number);
+			date = approxidate_digit(date-1, &tm, &number);
+			touched = 1;
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (isalpha(c))
-			date = approxidate_alpha(date-1, &tm, &number);
+			date = approxidate_alpha(date-1, &tm, &now, &number, &touched);
+	}
+	pending_number(&tm, &number);
+	if (!touched)
+		*error_ret = 1;
+	return update_tm(&tm, &now, 0);
+}
+
+unsigned long approxidate_relative(const char *date, const struct timeval *tv)
+{
+	unsigned long timestamp;
+	int offset;
+	int errors = 0;
+
+	if (!parse_date_basic(date, &timestamp, &offset))
+		return timestamp;
+	return approxidate_str(date, tv, &errors);
+}
+
+unsigned long approxidate_careful(const char *date, int *error_ret)
+{
+	struct timeval tv;
+	unsigned long timestamp;
+	int offset;
+	int dummy = 0;
+	if (!error_ret)
+		error_ret = &dummy;
+
+	if (!parse_date_basic(date, &timestamp, &offset)) {
+		*error_ret = 0;
+		return timestamp;
 	}
-	if (number > 0 && number < 32)
-		tm.tm_mday = number;
-	if (tm.tm_mon > now.tm_mon && tm.tm_year == now.tm_year)
-		tm.tm_year--;
-	return mktime(&tm);
+
+	gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+	return approxidate_str(date, &tv, error_ret);
 }