1 files changed, 56 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/modules/base/tool.go b/modules/base/tool.go
index 49a2a2b5d1..4b84ac0bdd 100644
--- a/modules/base/tool.go
+++ b/modules/base/tool.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 	"html/template"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -134,6 +135,61 @@ func Subtract(left interface{}, right interface{}) interface{} {
 	}
 }
 
+// DateFormat pattern rules.
+var datePatterns = []string{
+	// year
+	"Y", "2006", // A full numeric representation of a year, 4 digits   Examples: 1999 or 2003
+	"y", "06", //A two digit representation of a year   Examples: 99 or 03
+
+	// month
+	"m", "01", // Numeric representation of a month, with leading zeros 01 through 12
+	"n", "1", // Numeric representation of a month, without leading zeros   1 through 12
+	"M", "Jan", // A short textual representation of a month, three letters Jan through Dec
+	"F", "January", // A full textual representation of a month, such as January or March   January through December
+
+	// day
+	"d", "02", // Day of the month, 2 digits with leading zeros 01 to 31
+	"j", "2", // Day of the month without leading zeros 1 to 31
+
+	// week
+	"D", "Mon", // A textual representation of a day, three letters Mon through Sun
+	"l", "Monday", // A full textual representation of the day of the week  Sunday through Saturday
+
+	// time
+	"g", "3", // 12-hour format of an hour without leading zeros    1 through 12
+	"G", "15", // 24-hour format of an hour without leading zeros   0 through 23
+	"h", "03", // 12-hour format of an hour with leading zeros  01 through 12
+	"H", "15", // 24-hour format of an hour with leading zeros  00 through 23
+
+	"a", "pm", // Lowercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem am or pm
+	"A", "PM", // Uppercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem AM or PM
+
+	"i", "04", // Minutes with leading zeros    00 to 59
+	"s", "05", // Seconds, with leading zeros   00 through 59
+
+	// time zone
+	"T", "MST",
+	"P", "-07:00",
+	"O", "-0700",
+
+	// RFC 2822
+	"r", time.RFC1123Z,
+}
+
+// Parse Date use PHP time format.
+func DateParse(dateString, format string) (time.Time, error) {
+	replacer := strings.NewReplacer(datePatterns...)
+	format = replacer.Replace(format)
+	return time.ParseInLocation(format, dateString, time.Local)
+}
+
+// Date takes a PHP like date func to Go's time format.
+func DateFormat(t time.Time, format string) string {
+	replacer := strings.NewReplacer(datePatterns...)
+	format = replacer.Replace(format)
+	return t.Format(format)
+}
+
 type Actioner interface {
 	GetOpType() int
 	GetActUserName() string