Allow users to set their own timestamp formats.

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/tabs/chat/chattab.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/tabs/chat/chattab.cpp
index f619a881c..8e83d14bc 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/tabs/chat/chattab.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/tabs/chat/chattab.cpp
@@ -252,8 +252,10 @@ void ChatTab::chatLog(std::string line,
     if (timeInfo != nullptr)
     {
         char timeStamp[64]; // 64 bytes should be enough for everybody?? C..
+        // TODO: cache this and useLocalTime somehow, respond to change event.
+        std::string timeFormat = config.getStringValue("chatTimeStampFormat");
 
-        size_t res = strftime(timeStamp, 64, "[%H:%M]", timeInfo);
+        size_t res = strftime(timeStamp, 64, timeFormat.c_str(), timeInfo);
         // strftime returns 0 even in case of success (empty format or %p)
         // see strftime(3) for further details.
         if (res > 0)
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/tabs/setup_chat.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/tabs/setup_chat.cpp
index 7ac53f38b..c1fa49f92 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/tabs/setup_chat.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/tabs/setup_chat.cpp
@@ -321,6 +321,14 @@ Setup_Chat::Setup_Chat(const Widget2 *const widget) :
         "useLocalTime", this, "useLocalTimeEvent",
         MainConfig_true);
 
+    // TRANSLATORS: settings option
+    new SetupItemTextField(_("Chat time stamp format"),
+        // TRANSLATORS: settings description
+        _("Format to use to prefix chat lines. Default [%H:%M]."),
+        "chatTimeStampFormat", this, "chatTimeStampFormatEvent",
+        MainConfig_true, UseBase64_false);
+
+
     // TRANSLATORS: settings group
     new SetupItemLabel(_("Other"), "", this,
         Separator_true);