package MyApp::View::TT;

use strict;

use parent 'Catalyst::View::TT';

use Scalar::Util qw(blessed);
use DateTime::Format::DateParse;

__PACKAGE__->config(
    formats => {
        date => {
            date  => '%D',
            short => '%b %e, %G',
            long  => '%m/%d/%Y %l:%M %p',
        }
    }
);

sub new {
    my ( $class, $c, $arguments ) = @_;
    my $formats = $self->{formats};

    return $class->next::method( $c, $arguments ) unless ref $formats eq 'HASH';

    $class->config->{FILTERS} ||= {};

    my $filters = $class->config->{FILTERS};

    foreach my $key ( keys %$formats ) {
        if ( $key eq 'date' ) {
            foreach my $date_key ( keys %{$formats->{$key}} ) {
                $filters->{"${key}_$date_key"} = sub {
                    my $date = shift;
                    return unless defined $date;
                    unless ( blessed $date and $date->can("stringify") ) {
                        $date = DateTime::Format::DateParse->parse_datetime($date);
                    }
                    unless ( $date ) { return $date; }
                    # Only apply a timezone if we have a complete date.
                    unless ( "$date" =~ /T00:00:00$/ ) {
                        # Set this to your users timezone as appropriate
                        $date->set_time_zone('America/Los_Angeles');
                    }
                    $date->strftime($formats->{$key}->{$date_key});
                };
            }
        }
    }

    return $class->next::method( $c, $arguments );
}

1;