Fix strptime issue

environment.py

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ CACHE_EXPIRY_MINS=10
 
 LOG_HTTP_RESPONSES = False
 
-FEED_REJECT_IF_OLDER_THAN_DAYS = 7
+FEED_REJECT_IF_OLDER_THAN_DAYS = 60
 
 class PathHelper:
     pathChar="/"

newsfeed.py

@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ class NewsFeed:
         if video is not None and not (video.description in videos):
             videos[video.description]=video
             video.setFeedTime(DateTimeHelper.applyRelativeTime(now,video.feedTimeOffset))
-#      videoList=list(videos.values())
       videoList=self.filterFeedMaxDays(list(videos.values()),FEED_REJECT_IF_OLDER_THAN_DAYS)
       videoList=sorted(videoList, key=lambda x:x.getFeedTime(),reverse=True)
       self.writeFeedCache(cachePathFileName,videoList)
@@ -447,6 +446,19 @@ def parseDuration(strDuration):
 
 
 # DON'T LEAVE ANYTHING OPEN BELOW THIS LINE BECAUSE THIS FILE IS IMPORTED BY OTHER MODULES AND ANY CODE NOT IN A CLASS WILL BE RUN
+# strdate = "January 1, 2026"
+# if DateTimeHelper.canstrptimeex(strdate):
+#   theDate  = DateTimeHelper.strptimeex(strdate)
+#   if(not isinstance(theDate,datetime)):
+#     raise Exception('Invalid type for parameter')
+  
+
+
+# feedTimeOffset = "January 13, 2025"
+# currentTime = datetime.now()
+# for i in range(1,100):
+#    relativeTime = DateTimeHelper.applyRelativeTime(currentTime,feedTimeOffset)
+#    print(relativeTime)
 
 #print(FOX_NEWS_URL)
 # pathFileName='/home/pi/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.fox.news/resources/lib/videodb.txt'

utility.py

@@ -117,66 +117,97 @@ class DateTimeHelper:
     def getCurrentDateTime():
         return datetime.now()
 
+# January 1, 2026
     @staticmethod
-    def strptime(theTime,theFormat):
+    def strptime(date_string):
-        try:
+        month_map = {
-            return datetime.strptime(theTime,theFormat)
+            'January': 1, 'February': 2, 'March': 3, 'April': 4,
-        except:
+            'May': 5, 'June': 6, 'July': 7, 'August': 8,
-            return datetime(*(time.strptime(theTime,theFormat)[0:6]))
+            'September': 9, 'October': 10, 'November': 11, 'December': 12
+        }
         
+        date_string = date_string.replace(',', '')
+        parts = date_string.split()
+        if len(parts) == 3:
+            month_str, day_str, year_str = parts
+            month = month_map.get(month_str)
+            day = int(day_str)
+            year = int(year_str)
+            
+            if month is not None:
+                return datetime(year, month, day)
+            else:
+                raise ValueError("Invalid month name in date string")
+        else:
+            raise ValueError("Date string format is incorrect")        
+
+# January 1, 2026
     @staticmethod
-    def canstrptime(theTime,theFormat):
+    def canstrptime(date_string):
-        try:
+        month_map = {
-            datetime.strptime(theTime,theFormat)
+            'January': 1, 'February': 2, 'March': 3, 'April': 4,
-            return True
+            'May': 5, 'June': 6, 'July': 7, 'August': 8,
-        except:
+            'September': 9, 'October': 10, 'November': 11, 'December': 12
+        }
+        
+        date_string = date_string.replace(',', '')
+        parts = date_string.split()
+        if  len(parts) != 3:
             return False
+        month_str, day_str, year_str = parts
+        month = month_map.get(month_str)
+        if month is None:
+            return False
+        day = int(day_str)
+        year = int(year_str)
+        return True
 
 # returns a datetime
     @staticmethod
     def applyRelativeTime(sometime,relativetime):
+        relativeTimeResult = sometime
         if(not isinstance(sometime,datetime)):
             raise Exception('Invalid type for parameter')
         if(not isinstance(relativetime,str)):
             raise Exception('Invalid type for parameter')
-        if DateTimeHelper.canstrptime(relativetime,'%B %d, %Y'):
+        if DateTimeHelper.canstrptime(relativetime):
-            sometime = DateTimeHelper.strptime(relativetime,'%B %d, %Y')
+            relativeTimeResult = DateTimeHelper.strptime(relativetime)
-            return sometime
+            return relativeTimeResult
         if relativetime=='just now':
-            return sometime
+            return relativeTimeResult
         if relativetime=='just in':
-            return sometime
+            return relativeTimeResult
         relativetimesplit=relativetime.split()
         if len(relativetimesplit)==2:
             year=datetime.now().year
             relativetimex=relativetime+', '+str(year)
-            relativeDate = DateTimeHelper.strptime(relativetimex, '%B %d, %Y')
+            relativeDate = DateTimeHelper.strptime(relativetimex)
             if(relativeDate>datetime.now()):
               year=datetime.now().year-1
               relativetimex=relativetime+', '+str(year)
-              relativeDate=DateTimeHelper.strptime(relativetimex,'%B %d, %Y')
+              relativeDate=DateTimeHelper.strptime(relativetimex)
             days=sometime-relativeDate
-            sometime=sometime-days
+            relativeTimeResult=sometime-days
         elif relativetimesplit[1]=='hour' or relativetimesplit[1]=='hours':
             hours=int(relativetimesplit[0])
-            sometime=sometime-timedelta(hours=hours)
+            relativeTimeResult=sometime-timedelta(hours=hours)
         elif relativetimesplit[1]=='day' or relativetimesplit[1]=='days':
             days=int(relativetimesplit[0])
-            sometime=sometime-timedelta(days=days)
+            relativeTimeResult=sometime-timedelta(days=days)
         elif relativetimesplit[1]=='minute' or relativetimesplit[1]=='minutes':
             minutes=int(relativetimesplit[0])
-            sometime=sometime-timedelta(minutes=minutes)
+            relativeTimeResult=sometime-timedelta(minutes=minutes)
         elif len(relativetimesplit)==3:  # '16 mins ago'  '2 hours ago'
           if relativetimesplit[1]=='mins':
               minutes=int(relativetimesplit[0])
-              sometime=sometime-timedelta(minutes=minutes)
+              relativeTimeResult=sometime-timedelta(minutes=minutes)
           elif relativetimesplit[1]=='hours':
             hours=int(relativetimesplit[0])
-            sometime=sometime-timedelta(hours=hours)
+            relativeTimeResult=sometime-timedelta(hours=hours)
           elif relativetimesplit[1]=='day' or relativetimesplit[1]=='days':
             days=int(relativetimesplit[0])
-            sometime=sometime-timedelta(days=days)              
+            relativeTimeResult=sometime-timedelta(days=days)              
-        return sometime
+        return relativeTimeResult
    
 class DateTime:
     def __init__(self):