use natural date parser thing for req "since", "until" and event "ts".

event.go

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -126,12 +125,12 @@ example:
 			Usage:    "shortcut for --tag d=<value>",
 			Category: CATEGORY_EVENT_FIELDS,
 		},
-		&cli.StringFlag{
+		&NaturalTimeFlag{
 			Name:        "created-at",
 			Aliases:     []string{"time", "ts"},
 			Usage:       "unix timestamp value for the created_at field",
 			DefaultText: "now",
-			Value:       "",
+			Value:       nostr.Now(),
 			Category:    CATEGORY_EVENT_FIELDS,
 		},
 	},
@@ -225,16 +224,8 @@ example:
 				mustRehashAndResign = true
 			}
 
-			if createdAt := c.String("created-at"); createdAt != "" {
+			if c.IsSet("created-at") {
-				ts := time.Now()
+				evt.CreatedAt = getNaturalDate(c, "created-at")
-				if createdAt != "now" {
-					if v, err := strconv.ParseInt(createdAt, 10, 64); err != nil {
-						return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse timestamp '%s': %w", createdAt, err)
-					} else {
-						ts = time.Unix(v, 0)
-					}
-				}
-				evt.CreatedAt = nostr.Timestamp(ts.Unix())
 				mustRehashAndResign = true
 			} else if evt.CreatedAt == 0 {
 				evt.CreatedAt = nostr.Now()

flags.go

@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/markusmobius/go-dateparser"
+	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+)
+
+type NaturalTimeFlag = cli.FlagBase[nostr.Timestamp, struct{}, naturalTimeValue]
+
+// wrap to satisfy golang's flag interface.
+type naturalTimeValue struct {
+	timestamp  *nostr.Timestamp
+	hasBeenSet bool
+}
+
+var _ cli.ValueCreator[nostr.Timestamp, struct{}] = naturalTimeValue{}
+
+// Below functions are to satisfy the ValueCreator interface
+
+func (t naturalTimeValue) Create(val nostr.Timestamp, p *nostr.Timestamp, c struct{}) cli.Value {
+	*p = val
+	return &naturalTimeValue{
+		timestamp: p,
+	}
+}
+
+func (t naturalTimeValue) ToString(b nostr.Timestamp) string {
+	ts := b.Time()
+
+	if ts.IsZero() {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%v", ts)
+}
+
+// Timestamp constructor(for internal testing only)
+func newTimestamp(timestamp nostr.Timestamp) *naturalTimeValue {
+	return &naturalTimeValue{timestamp: &timestamp}
+}
+
+// Below functions are to satisfy the flag.Value interface
+
+// Parses the string value to timestamp
+func (t *naturalTimeValue) Set(value string) error {
+	var ts time.Time
+	if n, err := strconv.ParseInt(value, 10, 64); err == nil {
+		// when the input is a raw number, treat it as an exact timestamp
+		ts = time.Unix(n, 0)
+	} else if errors.Is(err, strconv.ErrRange) {
+		// this means a huge number, so we should fail
+		return err
+	} else {
+		// otherwise try to parse it as a human date string in natural language
+		date, err := dateparser.Parse(&dateparser.Configuration{
+			DefaultTimezone: time.Local,
+			CurrentTime:     time.Now(),
+		}, value)
+		ts = date.Time
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if t.timestamp != nil {
+		*t.timestamp = nostr.Timestamp(ts.Unix())
+	}
+
+	t.hasBeenSet = true
+	return nil
+}
+
+// String returns a readable representation of this value (for usage defaults)
+func (t *naturalTimeValue) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%#v", t.timestamp)
+}
+
+// Value returns the timestamp value stored in the flag
+func (t *naturalTimeValue) Value() *nostr.Timestamp {
+	return t.timestamp
+}
+
+// Get returns the flag structure
+func (t *naturalTimeValue) Get() any {
+	return *t.timestamp
+}
+
+func getNaturalDate(cmd *cli.Command, name string) nostr.Timestamp {
+	return cmd.Value(name).(nostr.Timestamp)
+}

go.mod

@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ require (
 	github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/secp256k1/v4 v4.3.0
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.16.0
 	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7
+	github.com/markusmobius/go-dateparser v1.2.3
 	github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr v0.34.2
 	github.com/nbd-wtf/nostr-sdk v0.0.5
 	github.com/urfave/cli/v3 v3.0.0-alpha9
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240506185415-9bf2ced13842
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240707233637-46b078467d37
 )
 
 require (
@@ -22,20 +23,27 @@ require (
 	github.com/chzyer/logex v1.1.10 // indirect
 	github.com/chzyer/test v0.0.0-20180213035817-a1ea475d72b1 // indirect
 	github.com/decred/dcrd/crypto/blake256 v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/elliotchance/pie/v2 v2.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fiatjaf/eventstore v0.2.16 // indirect
 	github.com/gobwas/httphead v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gobwas/pool v0.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/gobwas/ws v1.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/hablullah/go-hijri v1.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/hablullah/go-juliandays v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/jalaali/go-jalaali v0.0.0-20210801064154-80525e88d958 // indirect
 	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/magefile/mage v1.14.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
 	github.com/puzpuzpuz/xsync/v3 v3.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.17.1 // indirect
 	github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.1 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.7.0 // indirect
+	github.com/wasilibs/go-re2 v1.3.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.21.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.8.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.16.0 // indirect
 )
 
 replace github.com/urfave/cli/v3 => github.com/fiatjaf/cli/v3 v3.0.0-20240712212113-3a8b0280e2c5

go.sum

@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/secp256k1/v4 v4.0.1/go.mod h1:hyedUtir6IdtD/7lIxGeC
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 github.com/decred/dcrd/lru v1.0.0/go.mod h1:mxKOwFd7lFjN2GZYsiz/ecgqR6kkYAl+0pz0tEMk218=
+github.com/elliotchance/pie/v2 v2.7.0 h1:FqoIKg4uj0G/CrLGuMS9ejnFKa92lxE1dEgBD3pShXg=
+github.com/elliotchance/pie/v2 v2.7.0/go.mod h1:18t0dgGFH006g4eVdDtWfgFZPQEgl10IoEO8YWEq3Og=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.16.0 h1:zmkK9Ngbjj+K0yRhTVONQh1p/HknKYSlNT+vZCzyokM=
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@@ -65,15 +67,25 @@ github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEW
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+github.com/hablullah/go-hijri v1.0.2 h1:drT/MZpSZJQXo7jftf5fthArShcaMtsal0Zf/dnmp6k=
+github.com/hablullah/go-hijri v1.0.2/go.mod h1:OS5qyYLDjORXzK4O1adFw9Q5WfhOcMdAKglDkcTxgWQ=
+github.com/hablullah/go-juliandays v1.0.0 h1:A8YM7wIj16SzlKT0SRJc9CD29iiaUzpBLzh5hr0/5p0=
+github.com/hablullah/go-juliandays v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0JOYq4oFOuDja+oospuc61YoX+uNEn7Z6uHYTbBzdGc=
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+github.com/markusmobius/go-dateparser v1.2.3 h1:TvrsIvr5uk+3v6poDjaicnAFJ5IgtFHgLiuMY2Eb7Nw=
+github.com/markusmobius/go-dateparser v1.2.3/go.mod h1:cMwQRrBUQlK1UI5TIFHEcvpsMbkWrQLXuaPNMFzuYLk=
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@@ -98,9 +110,11 @@ github.com/puzpuzpuz/xsync/v3 v3.1.0 h1:EewKT7/LNac5SLiEblJeUu8z5eERHrmRLnMQL2d7
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-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
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-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
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+golang.org/x/text v0.16.0 h1:a94ExnEXNtEwYLGJSIUxnWoxoRz/ZcCsV63ROupILh4=
-golang.org/x/text v0.8.0/go.mod h1:e1OnstbJyHTd6l/uOt8jFFHp6TRDWZR/bV3emEE/zU8=
+golang.org/x/text v0.16.0/go.mod h1:GhwF1Be+LQoKShO3cGOHzqOgRrGaYc9AvblQOmPVHnI=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
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req.go

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/mailru/easyjson"
@@ -68,13 +67,13 @@ example:
 			Usage:    "shortcut for --tag d=<value>",
 			Category: CATEGORY_FILTER_ATTRIBUTES,
 		},
-		&cli.StringFlag{
+		&NaturalTimeFlag{
 			Name:     "since",
 			Aliases:  []string{"s"},
 			Usage:    "only accept events newer than this (unix timestamp)",
 			Category: CATEGORY_FILTER_ATTRIBUTES,
 		},
-		&cli.StringFlag{
+		&NaturalTimeFlag{
 			Name:     "until",
 			Aliases:  []string{"u"},
 			Usage:    "only accept events older than this (unix timestamp)",
@@ -229,28 +228,16 @@ example:
 				filter.Tags[tag[0]] = append(filter.Tags[tag[0]], tag[1])
 			}
 
-			if since := c.String("since"); since != "" {
+			if c.IsSet("since") {
-				if since == "now" {
+				nts := getNaturalDate(c, "since")
-					ts := nostr.Now()
+				filter.Since = &nts
-					filter.Since = &ts
-				} else if i, err := strconv.Atoi(since); err == nil {
-					ts := nostr.Timestamp(i)
-					filter.Since = &ts
-				} else {
-					return fmt.Errorf("parse error: Invalid numeric literal %q", since)
-				}
-			}
-			if until := c.String("until"); until != "" {
-				if until == "now" {
-					ts := nostr.Now()
-					filter.Until = &ts
-				} else if i, err := strconv.Atoi(until); err == nil {
-					ts := nostr.Timestamp(i)
-					filter.Until = &ts
-				} else {
-					return fmt.Errorf("parse error: Invalid numeric literal %q", until)
 			}
+
+			if c.IsSet("until") {
+				nts := getNaturalDate(c, "until")
+				filter.Until = &nts
 			}
+
 			if limit := c.Uint("limit"); limit != 0 {
 				filter.Limit = int(limit)
 			} else if c.IsSet("limit") || c.Bool("stream") {