Support the Y, m, d, H, M, S specficiers for live URLs, useful for pl…

…ugins and debugging

README.md

@@ -380,12 +380,12 @@ The format specifiers are substitution based and work as follows:
 - `${timestamp}`: Same as `{lutc}`.
 - `{utcend}`: The start time of the programme in UTC format + `{duration}`.
 - `${end}`: Same as `{utcend}`.
-- `{Y}`: The 4-digit year (YYYY) of the start date\time.
-- `{m}`: The month (01-12) of the start date\time.
-- `{d}`: The day (01-31) of the start date\time.
-- `{H}`: The hour (00-23) of the start date\time.
-- `{M}`: The minute (00-59) of the start date\time.
-- `{S}`: The second (00-59) of the start date\time.
+- `{Y}`: The 4-digit year (YYYY) of the start date\time. If used a live stream URL, the current live time will be used instead of the start time.
+- `{m}`: The month (01-12) of the start date\time. If used a live stream URL, the current live time will be used instead of the start time.
+- `{d}`: The day (01-31) of the start date\time. If used a live stream URL, the current live time will be used instead of the start time.
+- `{H}`: The hour (00-23) of the start date\time. If used a live stream URL, the current live time will be used instead of the start time.
+- `{M}`: The minute (00-59) of the start date\time. If used a live stream URL, the current live time will be used instead of the start time.
+- `{S}`: The second (00-59) of the start date\time. If used a live stream URL, the current live time will be used instead of the start time.
 - `{duration}`: The programme duration + any start and end buffer (if set).
 - `${duration}`: Same as `{duration}`.
 - `{duration:X}`: The programme duration (as above) divided by X seconds. Allows conversion to minutes and other time units. The minimum divider is 1, it must be an integer (not 1.5 or 2.25 etc.) and it must be a positive value. E.g. If you have a duration of 7200 seconds and you need 2 hours (2 hours is 7200 seconds), it means your divider is 3600: `{duration:3600}`. If you need minutes for the same duration you could use: `{duration:60}` which would result in a value of 120.

src/iptvsimple/CatchupController.cpp

@@ -390,6 +390,16 @@ std::string FormatDateTimeNowOnly(const std::string &urlFormatString, int timezo
   FormatTime("now", &dateTimeNow, formattedUrl, true);
   FormatTime("timestamp", &dateTimeNow, formattedUrl, true);
 
+  // We use the curernt time here instead of the start time as
+  // there is no start time when we playing live!
+  // This is useful for plugins where finding the start time can be tricky
+  FormatTime('Y', &dateTimeNow, formattedUrl);
+  FormatTime('m', &dateTimeNow, formattedUrl);
+  FormatTime('d', &dateTimeNow, formattedUrl);
+  FormatTime('H', &dateTimeNow, formattedUrl);
+  FormatTime('M', &dateTimeNow, formattedUrl);
+  FormatTime('S', &dateTimeNow, formattedUrl);
+
   Logger::Log(LEVEL_DEBUG, "%s - \"%s\"", __FUNCTION__, WebUtils::RedactUrl(formattedUrl).c_str());
 
   return formattedUrl;