--- loncom/localize/lonlocal.pm	2007/10/18 21:08:31	1.42
+++ loncom/localize/lonlocal.pm	2008/11/24 16:53:16	1.51
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # Localization routines
 #
-# $Id: lonlocal.pm,v 1.42 2007/10/18 21:08:31 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonlocal.pm,v 1.51 2008/11/24 16:53:16 jms Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -165,11 +165,13 @@ use Apache::localize;
 use locale;
 use POSIX qw(locale_h strftime);
 use DateTime();
+use DateTime::TimeZone;
+use DateTime::Locale;
 
 require Exporter;
 
 our @ISA = qw (Exporter);
-our @EXPORT = qw(mt mtn ns);
+our @EXPORT = qw(mt mtn ns mt_user);
 
 # ========================================================= The language handle
 
@@ -182,7 +184,15 @@ sub mt (@) {
 #    print LOG (@_[0]."\n");
 #    close(LOG);
     if ($lh) {
-	return $lh->maketext(@_);
+        if ($_[0] eq '') {
+            if (wantarray) {
+                return @_;
+            } else {
+                return $_[0];
+            }
+        } else {
+            return $lh->maketext(@_);
+        }
     } else {
 	if (wantarray) {
 	    return @_;
@@ -192,6 +202,27 @@ sub mt (@) {
     }
 }
 
+sub mt_user {
+    my ($user_lh,@what) = @_;
+    if ($user_lh) {
+        if ($what[0] eq '') {
+            if (wantarray) {
+                return @what;
+            } else {
+                return $what[0];
+            }
+        } else {
+            return $user_lh->maketext(@what);
+        }
+    } else {
+        if (wantarray) {
+            return @what;
+        } else {
+            return $what[0];
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 # ============================================================== What language?
 
 sub current_language {
@@ -259,9 +290,34 @@ sub get_language_handle {
 
 # ========================================================== Localize localtime
 sub gettimezone {
-    my ($time) = @_;
+    my $timezone; 
     if ($Apache::lonnet::env{'course.'.$Apache::lonnet::env{'request.course.id'}.'.timezone'}) {
-	return $Apache::lonnet::env{'course.'.$Apache::lonnet::env{'request.course.id'}.'.timezone'};
+        $timezone = $Apache::lonnet::env{'course.'.$Apache::lonnet::env{'request.course.id'}.'.timezone'};    
+    } elsif ($Apache::lonnet::env{'request.course.id'} ne '') {
+        my $cdom = $Apache::lonnet::env{'course.'.$Apache::lonnet::env{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'};
+        if ($cdom ne '') {
+            my %domdefaults = &Apache::lonnet::get_domain_defaults($cdom);
+            if ($domdefaults{'timezone_def'} ne '') {
+                $timezone = $domdefaults{'timezone_def'};
+            }
+        }
+    } elsif ($Apache::lonnet::env{'request.role.domain'} ne '') {
+        my %uroledomdefs = 
+            &Apache::lonnet::get_domain_defaults($Apache::lonnet::env{'request.role.domain'});
+        if ($uroledomdefs{'timezone_def'} ne '') {
+            $timezone = $uroledomdefs{'timezone_def'};
+        }
+    } elsif ($Apache::lonnet::env{'user.domain'} ne '') {
+        my %udomdefaults = 
+            &Apache::lonnet::get_domain_defaults($Apache::lonnet::env{'user.domain'});
+        if ($udomdefaults{'timezone_def'} ne '') {
+            $timezone = $udomdefaults{'timezone_def'};
+        }
+    }
+    if ($timezone ne '') {
+        if (DateTime::TimeZone->is_valid_name($timezone)) {
+            return $timezone;
+        }
     }
     return 'local';
 }
@@ -271,6 +327,14 @@ sub locallocaltime {
     if (!defined($thistime) || $thistime eq '') {
 	return &mt('Never');
     }
+    if (($thistime < 0) || ($thistime eq 'NaN')) {
+        &Apache::lonnet::logthis("Unexpected time (negative or NaN) '$thistime' passed to lonlocal::locallocaltime");  
+        return &mt('Never');
+    }
+    if ($thistime !~ /^\d+$/) {
+        &Apache::lonnet::logthis("Unexpected non-numeric time '$thistime' passed to lonlocal::locallocaltime");
+        return &mt('Never');
+    }
 
     my $dt = DateTime->from_epoch(epoch => $thistime)
                      ->set_time_zone(&gettimezone());
@@ -289,7 +353,8 @@ sub locallocaltime {
 	my $day        = $dt->day_of_month();
 	my $mon        = $dt->month()-1;
 	my $year       = $dt->year();
-	my $wday       = $dt->wday()-1;
+	my $wday       = $dt->wday();
+        if ($wday==7) { $wday=0; }
 	my $month  =(split(/\,/,$lh->maketext('date_months')))[$mon];
 	my $weekday=(split(/\,/,$lh->maketext('date_days')))[$wday];
 	if ($seconds<10) {
@@ -314,12 +379,50 @@ sub locallocaltime {
     }
 }
 
-# ==================== Normalize string (reduce fragility in the lexicon files)
+sub getdatelocale {
+    my ($datelocale,$locale_obj);
+    if ($Apache::lonnet::env{'course.'.$Apache::lonnet::env{'request.course.id'}.'.datelocale'}) {
+        $datelocale = $Apache::lonnet::env{'course.'.$Apache::lonnet::env{'request.course.id'}.'.datelocale'};
+    } elsif ($Apache::lonnet::env{'request.course.id'} ne '') {
+        my $cdom = $Apache::lonnet::env{'course.'.$Apache::lonnet::env{'request.course.id'}.'.domain'};
+        if ($cdom ne '') {
+            my %domdefaults = &Apache::lonnet::get_domain_defaults($cdom);
+            if ($domdefaults{'datelocale_def'} ne '') {
+                $datelocale = $domdefaults{'datelocale_def'};
+            }
+        }
+    } elsif ($Apache::lonnet::env{'user.domain'} ne '') {
+        my %udomdefaults = &Apache::lonnet::get_domain_defaults($Apache::lonnet::env{'user.domain'});
+        if ($udomdefaults{'datelocale_def'} ne '') {
+            $datelocale = $udomdefaults{'datelocale_def'};
+        }
+    }
+    if ($datelocale ne '') {
+        eval {
+            $locale_obj = DateTime::Locale->load($datelocale);
+        };
+        if (!$@) {
+            if ($locale_obj->id() eq $datelocale) {
+                return $locale_obj;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return $locale_obj;
+}
+
+=pod 
+
+=item * normalize_string
+
+Normalize string (reduce fragility in the lexicon files)
+
+This normalizes a string to reduce fragility in the lexicon files of
+huge messages (such as are used by the helper), and allow useful
+formatting: reduce all consecutive whitespace to a single space,
+and remove all HTML
+
+=cut
 
-# This normalizes a string to reduce fragility in the lexicon files of
-# huge messages (such as are used by the helper), and allow useful
-# formatting: reduce all consecutive whitespace to a single space,
-# and remove all HTML
 sub normalize_string {
     my $s = shift;
     $s =~ s/\s+/ /g;
@@ -330,13 +433,27 @@ sub normalize_string {
     return $s;
 }
 
-# alias for normalize_string; recommend using it only in the lexicon
+=pod 
+
+=item * ns
+
+alias for normalize_string; recommend using it only in the lexicon
+
+=cut
+
 sub ns {
     return normalize_string(@_);
 }
 
-# mtn: call the mt function and the normalization function easily.
-# Returns original non-normalized string if there was no translation
+=pod
+
+=item * mtn
+
+mtn: call the mt function and the normalization function easily.
+Returns original non-normalized string if there was no translation
+
+=cut
+
 sub mtn (@) {
     my @args = @_; # don't want to modify caller's string; if we
 		   # didn't care about that we could set $_[0]