* mu-msg-str.[ch]: add mu_msg_str_display_date_s, displays time for time with

24h, date otherwise

src/mu-msg-str.c

@@ -65,12 +65,31 @@ mu_msg_str_date_s (const char* frm, time_t t)
 }
 
 char* 
-mu_msg_str_date (const char* frm, time_t t)
+mu_msg_str_date (const char *frm, time_t t)
 {
 	return g_strdup (mu_msg_str_date_s(frm, t));
 }
 
 
+
+const char* 
+mu_msg_str_display_date_s (time_t t)
+{
+	time_t now;
+	static const guint SECS_IN_DAY = 24 * 60 * 60;
+	
+	now = time (NULL);
+
+	if (ABS(now - t) > SECS_IN_DAY)
+		return mu_msg_str_date_s ("%x", t);
+	else
+		return mu_msg_str_date_s ("%X", t);
+}
+
+
+
+
+
 const char*
 mu_msg_str_size_s  (size_t s)
 {

src/mu-msg-str.h

@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@
 G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
 /**
- * get a display string for a given time_t;
- * use the preferred date/time for the current locale
+ * get a string for a given time_t
  * 
  * mu_msg_str_date_s returns a ptr to a static buffer,
  * while mu_msg_str_date returns dynamically allocated
@@ -48,6 +47,20 @@ const char* mu_msg_str_date_s (const char* frm, time_t t) G_GNUC_CONST;
 char*       mu_msg_str_date   (const char* frm, time_t t) G_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
 
 
+/**
+ * get a display string for a given time_t; if the given is less than
+ * 24h from the current time, we display the time, otherwise the date,
+ * using the preferred date/time for the current locale
+ * 
+ * mu_msg_str_display_date_s returns a ptr to a static buffer,
+ *
+ * @param t the time as time_t
+ * 
+ * @return a string representation of the time/date
+ */
+const char* mu_msg_str_display_date_s (time_t t);
+
+
 /**
  * get a display size for a given size_t; uses M for sizes >
  * 1000*1000, k for smaller sizes. Note: this function use the