Add parameter to displaytime to specify that it is a pubdate, and in html5 mode, use time tag.

IkiWiki.pm

@@ -998,10 +998,18 @@ sub abs2rel ($$) {
 	return $ret;
 }
 
-sub displaytime ($;$) {
+sub displaytime ($;$$) {
 	# Plugins can override this function to mark up the time to
 	# display.
-	return '<span class="date">'.formattime(@_).'</span>';
+	my $time=formattime($_[0], $_[1]);
+	if ($config{html5}) {
+		return '<time datetime="'.date_3339($_[0]).'"'.
+			($_[2] ? ' pubdate' : '').
+			'>'.$time.'</time>';
+	}
+	else {
+		return '<span class="date">'.$time.'</span>';
+	}
 }
 
 sub formattime ($;$) {
@@ -1017,6 +1025,16 @@ sub formattime ($;$) {
 	return decode_utf8(POSIX::strftime($format, localtime($time)));
 }
 
+sub date_3339 ($) {
+	my $time=shift;
+
+	my $lc_time=POSIX::setlocale(&POSIX::LC_TIME);
+	POSIX::setlocale(&POSIX::LC_TIME, "C");
+	my $ret=POSIX::strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ", gmtime($time));
+	POSIX::setlocale(&POSIX::LC_TIME, $lc_time);
+	return $ret;
+}
+
 sub beautify_urlpath ($) {
 	my $url=shift;
 

IkiWiki/Plugin/comments.pm

@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ sub previewcomment ($$$) {
 
 	my $template = template("comment.tmpl");
 	$template->param(content => $preview);
-	$template->param(ctime => displaytime($time));
+	$template->param(ctime => displaytime($time, undef, 1));
 
 	IkiWiki::run_hooks(pagetemplate => sub {
 		shift->(page => $location,

IkiWiki/Plugin/inline.pm

@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ sub preprocess_inline (@) {
 				$template->param(pageurl => urlto($page, $params{destpage}));
 				$template->param(inlinepage => $page);
 				$template->param(title => pagetitle(basename($page)));
-				$template->param(ctime => displaytime($pagectime{$page}, $params{timeformat}));
+				$template->param(ctime => displaytime($pagectime{$page}, $params{timeformat}, 1));
 				$template->param(mtime => displaytime($pagemtime{$page}, $params{timeformat}));
 				$template->param(first => 1) if $page eq $list[0];
 				$template->param(last => 1) if $page eq $list[$#list];
@@ -500,16 +500,6 @@ sub date_822 ($) {
 	return $ret;
 }
 
-sub date_3339 ($) {
-	my $time=shift;
-
-	my $lc_time=POSIX::setlocale(&POSIX::LC_TIME);
-	POSIX::setlocale(&POSIX::LC_TIME, "C");
-	my $ret=POSIX::strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ", gmtime($time));
-	POSIX::setlocale(&POSIX::LC_TIME, $lc_time);
-	return $ret;
-}
-
 sub absolute_urls ($$) {
 	# sucky sub because rss sucks
 	my $content=shift;

IkiWiki/Plugin/relativedate.pm

@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ sub include_javascript ($;$) {
 		'" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>';
 }
 
-sub mydisplaytime ($;$) {
+sub mydisplaytime ($;$$) {
 	my $time=shift;
 	my $format=shift;
+	my $pubdate=shift;
 
 	# This needs to be in a form that can be parsed by javascript.
 	# Being fairly human readable is also nice, as it will be exposed
@@ -53,8 +54,16 @@ sub mydisplaytime ($;$) {
 	my $gmtime=decode_utf8(POSIX::strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z",
 			localtime($time)));
 
-	return '<span class="relativedate" title="'.$gmtime.'">'.
-		IkiWiki::formattime($time, $format).'</span>';
+	my $mid=' class="relativedate" title="'.$gmtime.'">'.
+		IkiWiki::formattime($time, $format);
+
+	if ($config{html5}) {
+		return '<time datetime="'.IkiWiki::date_3339($time).'"'.
+			($pubdate ? ' pubdate' : '').$mid.'</time>';
+	}
+	else {
+		return '<span'.$mid.'</span>';
+	}
 }
 
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IkiWiki/Render.pm

@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ sub genpage ($$) {
 		backlinks => $backlinks,
 		more_backlinks => $more_backlinks,
 		mtime => displaytime($pagemtime{$page}),
-		ctime => displaytime($pagectime{$page}),
+		ctime => displaytime($pagectime{$page}, undef, 1),
 		baseurl => baseurl($page),
 		html5 => $config{html5},
 	);

debian/changelog

@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+ikiwiki (3.20100502) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * Add parameter to displaytime to specify that it is a pubdate,
+    and in html5 mode, use time tag.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Sun, 02 May 2010 13:22:50 -0400
+
 ikiwiki (3.20100501) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * TMPL_INCLUDE re-enabled for templates read from the templatedir.

doc/bugs/html5_support.mdwn

@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ As a workaround:
 > Also, the [[plugins/relativedate]] plugin needs to be updated to 
 > support relatatizing the contents of time elements. --[[Joey]] 
 
+> Done and done; in html5 mode it uses the time tag, and even 
+> adds pubdate when displaying ctimes. --[[Joey]]
+
 ## tidy plugin
 
 Will reformat html5 to html4.

doc/plugins/write.mdwn

@@ -938,13 +938,16 @@ search for files.
 If the directory name is not absolute, ikiwiki will assume it is in
 the parent directory of the configured underlaydir.
 
-### `displaytime($;$)`
+### `displaytime($;$$)`
 
 Given a time, formats it for display.
 
 The optional second parameter is a strftime format to use to format the
 time.
 
+If the third parameter is true, this is the publication time of a page.
+(Ie, set the html5 pubdate attribute.)
+
 ### `gettext`
 
 This is the standard gettext function, although slightly optimised.