Implemented issue #645 - Alternative pretty date format.

app/assets/javascripts/app/lib/app_post/pretty_date.coffee

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 class App.PrettyDate
 
   # human readable time
-  @humanTime: ( time, escalation, long = true ) ->
+  @humanTime: (time, escalation, long = true, type = undefined) ->
     return '' if !time
     current = new Date()
     created = new Date(time)
@@ -29,6 +29,26 @@ class App.PrettyDate
     if diff < 60
       return App.i18n.translateInline('just now')
 
+    if type is undefined && window.App && window.App.Config
+      type = window.App.Config.get('pretty_date_format')
+    if type is 'absolute' && direction is 'past'
+      weekdays = ['Sunday', 'Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday', 'Saturday']
+      weekday = weekdays[created.getDay()]
+
+      months = ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec']
+      month = months[created.getMonth()]
+
+      # for less than 7 days
+      if diff < (60 * 60 * 24 * 7)
+        string = "#{App.i18n.translateInline(weekday)} #{created.getHours()}:#{@s(created.getMinutes(), 2)}"
+      else if diff < (60 * 60 * 24 * 7) * 365
+        string = "#{App.i18n.translateInline(weekday)} #{created.getDate()}. #{App.i18n.translateInline(month)} #{created.getHours()}:#{@s(created.getMinutes(), 2)}"
+      else
+        string = "#{App.i18n.translateInline(weekday)} #{App.i18n.translateTimestamp(time)}"
+      if escalation
+        string = "<span #{style}>#{string}</b>"
+      return string
+
     if direction is 'past' && !escalation && diff > ( 60 * 60 * 24 * 7 )
       return App.i18n.translateDate(time)
 
@@ -99,3 +119,8 @@ class App.PrettyDate
     if escalation
       string = "<span #{style}>#{string}</b>"
     return string
+
+  @s: (num, digits) ->
+    while num.toString().length < digits
+      num = '0' + num
+    num

db/migrate/20170421000001_pretty_date_options_added.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+class PrettyDateOptionsAdded < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def up
+
+    # return if it's a new setup
+    return if !Setting.find_by(name: 'system_init_done')
+
+    Setting.create_or_update(
+      title: 'Pretty Date',
+      name: 'pretty_date_format',
+      area: 'System::Branding',
+      description: 'Defines pretty date format.',
+      options: {
+        form: [
+          {
+            display: '',
+            null: false,
+            name: 'pretty_date_format',
+            tag: 'select',
+            options: {
+              'relative': 'relative - e. g. "2 hours ago" or "2 days and 15 minutes ago"',
+              'absolute': 'absolute - e. g. "Monday 09:30" or "Tuesday 23. Feb 14:20"',
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+      preferences: {
+        render: true,
+        prio: 10,
+        permission: ['admin.branding'],
+      },
+      state: 'relative',
+      frontend: true
+    )
+
+    Scheduler.create_or_update(
+      name:          'Import Jobs',
+      method:        'ImportJob.start_registered',
+      period:        1.hour,
+      prio:          1,
+      active:        true,
+      updated_by_id: 1,
+      created_by_id: 1
+    )
+  end
+
+end

db/seeds.rb

@@ -168,6 +168,33 @@ Setting.create_if_not_exists(
   },
   frontend: true
 )
+Setting.create_or_update(
+  title: 'Pretty Date',
+  name: 'pretty_date_format',
+  area: 'System::Branding',
+  description: 'Defines pretty date format.',
+  options: {
+    form: [
+      {
+        display: '',
+        null: false,
+        name: 'pretty_date_format',
+        tag: 'select',
+        options: {
+          'relative': 'relative - e. g. "2 hours ago" or "2 days and 15 minutes ago"',
+          'absolute': 'absolute - e. g. "Monday 09:30" or "Tuesday 23. Feb 14:20"',
+        },
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+  preferences: {
+    render: true,
+    prio: 10,
+    permission: ['admin.branding'],
+  },
+  state: 'relative',
+  frontend: true
+)
 options = {}
 (10..99).each { |item|
   options[item] = item
@@ -5553,7 +5580,7 @@ Scheduler.create_if_not_exists(
 )
 Scheduler.create_if_not_exists(
   name:          'Import Jobs',
-  method:        'ImportJob.start',
+  method:        'ImportJob.start_registered',
   period:        1.hour,
   prio:          1,
   active:        true,