From a21a53b9f4c241f8b9174dbf8f9bf8a40e43f4f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hazelnoot <acomputerdog@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2025 11:56:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add patchDate() utility

---
 packages/backend/src/misc/patch-date.ts | 80 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 80 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 packages/backend/src/misc/patch-date.ts

diff --git a/packages/backend/src/misc/patch-date.ts b/packages/backend/src/misc/patch-date.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7d21a3915
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/misc/patch-date.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: hazelnoot and other Sharkey contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Replaces specific properties of a Date object while leaving all others unchanged.
+ * Returns a new date, does not mutate the original.
+ * @param date Reference date to modify.
+ * @param patch Values to replace.
+ */
+export function patchDate(date: Date, patch: DatePatch): Date {
+	return new Date(
+		patch.year ?? date.getFullYear(),
+		patch.month ?? date.getMonth(), // month number -1
+		patch.day ?? date.getDate(), // getDate, not getDay!!
+		patch.hours ?? date.getHours(),
+		patch.minutes ?? date.getMinutes(),
+		patch.seconds ?? date.getSeconds(),
+		patch.milliseconds ?? date.getMilliseconds(),
+	);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Increments specific properties of a Date object while leaving all others unchanged.
+ * Returns a new date, does not mutate the original.
+ * @param date Reference date to modify.
+ * @param patch Values to add.
+ */
+export function addPatch(date: Date, patch: DatePatch): Date {
+	return new Date(
+		(patch.year ?? 0) + date.getFullYear(),
+		(patch.month ?? 0) + date.getMonth(), // month number -1
+		(patch.day ?? 0) + date.getDate(), // getDate, not getDay!!
+		(patch.hours ?? 0) + date.getHours(),
+		(patch.minutes ?? 0) + date.getMinutes(),
+		(patch.seconds ?? 0) + date.getSeconds(),
+		(patch.milliseconds ?? 0) + date.getMilliseconds(),
+	);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Extracts a DatePatch containing the current values from a given Date.
+ */
+export function toPatch(date: Date): DatePatch {
+	return {
+		year: date.getFullYear(),
+		month: date.getMonth(), // month number -1
+		day: date.getDate(), // getDate, not getDay!!
+		hours: date.getHours(),
+		minutes: date.getMinutes(),
+		seconds: date.getSeconds(),
+		milliseconds: date.getMilliseconds(),
+	};
+}
+
+/**
+ * Produces a Date from the values of a given DatePatch.
+ */
+export function fromPatch(patch: DatePatch): Date {
+	return new Date(
+		patch.year ?? 0,
+		patch.month ?? 0,
+		patch.day ?? 0,
+		patch.hours ?? 0,
+		patch.minutes ?? 0,
+		patch.seconds ?? 0,
+		patch.milliseconds ?? 0,
+	);
+}
+
+export interface DatePatch {
+	year?: number,
+	month?: number,
+	day?: number,
+	hours?: number,
+	minutes?: number,
+	seconds?: number,
+	milliseconds?: number,
+}