From e56a89e3edd3eb125c015863e8ac9bb413086f1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: quadbyte <studio@quadbyte.net>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 18:05:39 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Timestamp in seconds (Epoch style)

---
 Services/Location.qml | 7 +++----
 Services/Time.qml     | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Services/Location.qml b/Services/Location.qml
index fc79a67..3e97c7b 100644
--- a/Services/Location.qml
+++ b/Services/Location.qml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Singleton {
   id: root
 
   property string locationFile: Quickshell.env("NOCTALIA_WEATHER_FILE") || (Settings.cacheDir + "location.json")
-  property int weatherUpdateFrequency: 30 * 60 * 1000 // 30 minutes expressed in milliseconds
+  property int weatherUpdateFrequency: 30 * 60 // 30 minutes expressed in seconds
   property var data: adapter // Used to access via Location.data.xxx.yyy
 
   FileView {
@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@ Singleton {
 
   // --------------------------------
   function updateWeather() {
-    var now = Date.now()
-    if ((data.weatherLastFetch === "") || (now >= data.weatherLastFetch + weatherUpdateFrequency)) {
+    if ((data.weatherLastFetch === "") || (Time.timestamp >= data.weatherLastFetch + weatherUpdateFrequency)) {
       getFreshWeather()
     }
   }
@@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ Singleton {
 
             // Save to json
             data.weather = weatherData
-            data.weatherLastFetch = Date.now()
+            data.weatherLastFetch = Time.timestamp
             console.log("Cached weather to disk")
           } catch (e) {
             errorCallback("Failed to parse weather data.")
diff --git a/Services/Time.qml b/Services/Time.qml
index 702e1b9..f277a5d 100644
--- a/Services/Time.qml
+++ b/Services/Time.qml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Singleton {
   property var date: new Date()
   property string time: Settings.data.location.use12HourClock ? Qt.formatDateTime(date, "h:mm AP") : Qt.formatDateTime(
                                                                   date, "HH:mm")
-  property string dateString: {
+  readonly property string dateString: {
     let now = date
     let dayName = now.toLocaleDateString(Qt.locale(), "ddd")
     dayName = dayName.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + dayName.slice(1)
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ Singleton {
     + (Settings.data.location.reverseDayMonth ? `${month} ${day}${suffix} ${year}` : `${day}${suffix} ${month} ${year}`)
   }
 
+  // Returns a Unix Timestamp (in seconds)
+  readonly property string timestamp:  {
+    return Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
+  }
+
   // Format an easy to read approximate duration ex: 4h32m
   // Used to display the time remaining on the Battery widget
   function formatVagueHumanReadableDuration(totalSeconds) {