From 691e2e9b1e8bc7fba11c0c986246bf014f3922e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregory Ballantine <gballantine@metaunix.net>
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2023 22:27:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Added module for helper functions; added helper for
 formatting date consistently

---
 src/helpers.rb            | 8 ++++++++
 src/server.rb             | 4 ++++
 views/benchmark/index.erb | 4 ++--
 views/hardware/index.erb  | 4 ++--
 4 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/helpers.rb

diff --git a/src/helpers.rb b/src/helpers.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e768236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/helpers.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+module Helpers
+
+  def date_format(date)
+    dt = date.to_datetime
+    return dt.strftime('%B %d, %Y @ %I:%M:%S %p %Z')
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/src/server.rb b/src/server.rb
index 73d3cb4..d79995c 100755
--- a/src/server.rb
+++ b/src/server.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ class GameData < Sinatra::Base
   enable :static
   set :public_folder, File.join(__dir__, '/../public')
 
+  # Register view helpers
+  require_relative 'helpers'
+  helpers Helpers
+
   # Set up our view engine
   set :views, File.join(settings.root, '/../views')
 end
diff --git a/views/benchmark/index.erb b/views/benchmark/index.erb
index 4fcc741..25f2257 100644
--- a/views/benchmark/index.erb
+++ b/views/benchmark/index.erb
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
             <tr>
               <td><%= b.name %></td>
               <td><%= b.scoring %></td>
-              <td><%= b.created_at %></td>
-              <td><%= b.updated_at %></td>
+              <td><%= date_format(b.created_at) %></td>
+              <td><%= date_format(b.updated_at) %></td>
             </tr>
           <% end %>
         </tbody>
diff --git a/views/hardware/index.erb b/views/hardware/index.erb
index f06b333..570cf23 100644
--- a/views/hardware/index.erb
+++ b/views/hardware/index.erb
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
             <tr>
               <td><%= h.name %></td>
               <td><%= h.type %></td>
-              <td><%= h.created_at %></td>
-              <td><%= h.updated_at %></td>
+              <td><%= date_format(h.created_at) %></td>
+              <td><%= date_format(h.updated_at) %></td>
             </tr>
           <% end %>
         </tbody>