Module:NewsLanding

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:NewsLanding/doc

local getArgs = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs
local cargo = mw.ext.cargo

local NewsLanding = {}

function NewsLanding.main(frame)
	local args = getArgs(frame)
	
	local tableContainer = mw.html.create('div'):node(mw.html.create('h2'):wikitext('Latest news'))
	
	local tables = 'News'
	local fields = '_pageName, date'
	local cargoArgs = {
		orderBy = 'date DESC',
		limit = 200
	}
	local results = cargo.query(tables, fields, cargoArgs)

	if #results > 0 then
		for i = 1, #results do
			local result = results[i]
			dateString = mw.ustring.gsub(result.date, "%s(AM|PM)$", "")

			-- Use os.date to convert the string to a table of date and time components
			local dateTimeTable = os.date("*t", os.time({year=string.sub(dateString, 1, 4), month=string.sub(dateString, 6, 7), day=string.sub(dateString, 9, 10), hour=tonumber(string.sub(dateString, 12, 13)) + ((string.sub(dateString, 22, 22) == "PM") and 12 or 0), min=string.sub(dateString, 15, 16), sec=string.sub(dateString, 18, 19)}))
			
			-- Use os.date again to format the date and time components into a desired format
			local formattedDate = os.date("%d %b %Y %H:%M", os.time(dateTimeTable))

			local news = mw.html.create('div'):wikitext(formattedDate .. ' - [[' .. result._pageName .. ']]')
			tableContainer:node(news)
		end
	else
		return tableContainer:wikitext('No news in the database') 
	end

	return tableContainer
end

return NewsLanding