feature: if the provided date is 'now', create a date (#14)

filters.js

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-//const strftime = require('strftime').timezone(-(new Date()).getTimezoneOffset());
 const strftime = require('./src/strftime.js');
+const _ = require('./src/util/underscore.js');
 
 module.exports = function(liquid) {
     liquid.registerFilter('abs', v => Math.abs(v));
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ module.exports = function(liquid) {
         stringify(str).charAt(0).toUpperCase() + str.slice(1));
     liquid.registerFilter('ceil', v => Math.ceil(v));
 
-    //liquid.registerFilter('date', (v, arg) => strftime(arg, v));
+    liquid.registerFilter('date', (v, arg) => {
-    liquid.registerFilter('date', (v, arg) => strftime(v, arg));
+        if (v === 'now') v = new Date();
+        return strftime(v, arg);
+    });
 
     liquid.registerFilter('default', (v, arg) => arg || v);
     liquid.registerFilter('divided_by', (v, arg) => Math.floor(v / arg));

src/scope.js

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+const _ = require('./util/underscore.js');
+
 var Scope = {
     safeGet: function(str) {
         var i;
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ var Scope = {
 };
 
 function setPropertyByPath(obj, path, val) {
-    if (path instanceof String || typeof path === 'string') {
+    if (_.isString(path)) {
         var paths = path.replace(/\[/g, '.').replace(/\]/g, '').split('.');
         for (var i = 0; i < paths.length; i++) {
             var key = paths[i];
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ function setPropertyByPath(obj, path, val) {
 }
 
 function getPropertyByPath(obj, path) {
-    if (path instanceof String || typeof path === 'string') {
+    if (_.isString(path)) {
         var paths = path.replace(/\[/g, '.').replace(/\]/g, '').split('.');
         paths.forEach(p => obj = obj && obj[p]);
         return obj;

src/util/underscore.js

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+function isString(value){
+    return value instanceof String || typeof value === 'string';
+}
+
+exports.isString = isString;

test/filters.js

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 const chai = require("chai");
-const chaiAsPromised = require("chai-as-promised");
+const expect = chai.expect;
+chai.use(require("chai-as-promised"));
+
 var liquid = require('..')(),
     ctx;
-chai.use(chaiAsPromised);
 
 function test(src, dst) {
     ctx = {
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ function test(src, dst) {
             category: 'bar'
         }]
     };
-    return liquid.parseAndRender(src, ctx).should.eventually.equal(dst);
+    return expect(liquid.parseAndRender(src, ctx)).to.eventually.equal(dst);
 }
 
 describe('filters', function() {
@@ -36,10 +37,17 @@ describe('filters', function() {
     it('should support ceil 3', () => test('{{ "3.5" | ceil }}', '4'));
     it('should support ceil 4', () => test('{{ 183.357 | ceil }}', '184'));
 
-    it('should support date: %a %b %d %Y', function() {
+    describe('date', function(){
+        it('should support %a %b %d %Y', function() {
             var str = ctx.date.toDateString();
             return test('{{ date | date:"%a %b %d %Y"}}', str);
         });
+        it('should support "now"', function() {
+            var year = (new Date()).getFullYear();
+            var src = '{{ "now" | date: "%Y"}}';
+            return expect(liquid.parseAndRender(src)).to.eventually.match(/\d{4}/);
+        });
+    });
 
     it('should support default', () => test('{{false |default: "a"}}', 'a'));
 

test/util/underscore.js

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+const chai = require("chai");
+const expect = chai.expect;
+const _ = require('../../src/util/underscore.js');
+
+describe('util/underscore', function() {
+    describe('.isString()', function(){
+        it('should return true for literal string', function(){
+            expect(_.isString('foo')).to.be.true;
+        });
+        it('should return true String instance', function(){
+            expect(_.isString(new String('foo'))).to.be.true;
+        });
+        it('should return false for 123 ', function(){
+            expect(_.isString(123)).to.be.false;
+        });
+    });
+});