sort messages

freedata_gui/src/components/chat_conversations.vue

@@ -127,12 +127,29 @@ function getDateTime(input) {
     date = new Date(input);
   }
 
-  const hours = date.getHours().toString().padStart(2, '0');
-  const minutes = date.getMinutes().toString().padStart(2, '0');
-  return `${hours}:${minutes}`;
+  const now = new Date();
+  const isSameDay = date.getDate() === now.getDate() &&
+                    date.getMonth() === now.getMonth() &&
+                    date.getFullYear() === now.getFullYear();
+
+  if (isSameDay) {
+    // Use the browser's locale to format time only
+    return date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, { hour: '2-digit', minute: '2-digit' });
+  } else {
+    // Use the browser's locale to format both date and time
+    const datePart = date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, { day: '2-digit', month: '2-digit', year: 'numeric' });
+    //const timePart = date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, { hour: '2-digit', minute: '2-digit' });
+    //return `${datePart} ${timePart}`;
+    return `${datePart}`;
+  }
 }
 
 
+
+
+
+
+
 function newChat() {
   let callsign = newChatCall.value;
   callsign = callsign.toUpperCase().trim();

freedata_gui/src/components/chat_messages.vue

@@ -47,14 +47,15 @@ setActivePinia(pinia);
 const chat = useChatStore(pinia);
 
 function getDate(timestampRaw) {
-  // Parsing the timestamp and returning the date part as YYYY-MM-DD
   const date = new Date(timestampRaw);
-  const year = date.getFullYear();
-  const month = (date.getMonth() + 1).toString().padStart(2, '0');
-  const day = date.getDate().toString().padStart(2, '0');
-  return `${year}-${month}-${day}`;
+  return date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, {
+    year: 'numeric',
+    month: '2-digit',
+    day: '2-digit'
+  });
 }
 
+
 function showDateSeparator(index, currentTimestamp, messages) {
   if (index === 0) return true; // Always show the date for the first message
 

freedata_gui/src/js/messagesHandler.js

@@ -41,39 +41,48 @@ export async function processFreedataMessages(data) {
  */
 function createCallsignListFromAPI(data) {
   const callsignList = {};
-
   chatStore.totalUnreadMessages = 0;
 
   data.messages.forEach((message) => {
-    let callsign =
-      message.direction === "receive" ? message.origin : message.destination;
+    const callsign = message.direction === "receive" ? message.origin : message.destination;
 
-    if (
-      !callsignList[callsign] ||
-      callsignList[callsign].timestamp < message.timestamp
-    ) {
-      let unreadCounter = 0;
-
-      if (callsignList[callsign]) {
-        unreadCounter = callsignList[callsign].unread_messages;
-      }
-
-      if (!message.is_read) {
-        unreadCounter++;
-        chatStore.totalUnreadMessages++;
-      }
+    // Increment global unread count if the message is not read.
+    if (!message.is_read) {
+      chatStore.totalUnreadMessages++;
+    }
 
+    // Create or update the callsign entry.
+    if (!callsignList[callsign]) {
       callsignList[callsign] = {
         timestamp: message.timestamp,
         body: message.body,
-        unread_messages: unreadCounter,
+        unread_messages: !message.is_read ? 1 : 0,
       };
-    } else if (!message.is_read) {
-      chatStore.totalUnreadMessages++;
+    } else {
+      // Update the unread count if the message is unread.
+      if (!message.is_read) {
+        callsignList[callsign].unread_messages++;
+      }
+      // Update stored details if this message is newer.
+      if (new Date(message.timestamp) > new Date(callsignList[callsign].timestamp)) {
+        callsignList[callsign].timestamp = message.timestamp;
+        callsignList[callsign].body = message.body;
+      }
     }
   });
 
-  return callsignList;
+  // Get the keys sorted in descending order by timestamp.
+  const sortedKeys = Object.keys(callsignList).sort(
+    (a, b) => new Date(callsignList[b].timestamp) - new Date(callsignList[a].timestamp)
+  );
+
+  // Rebuild the object with keys in sorted order.
+  const sortedCallsignList = {};
+  sortedKeys.forEach((key) => {
+    sortedCallsignList[key] = callsignList[key];
+  });
+
+  return sortedCallsignList;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -85,8 +94,8 @@ function createSortedMessagesList(data) {
   const callsignMessages = {};
 
   data.messages.forEach((message) => {
-    let callsign =
-      message.direction === "receive" ? message.origin : message.destination;
+    // Determine the callsign based on message direction.
+    const callsign = message.direction === "receive" ? message.origin : message.destination;
 
     if (!callsignMessages[callsign]) {
       callsignMessages[callsign] = [];