prime8dev

commit 794f0a92b90ab188fce4a40de03754d3649ae873
parent 6c8dfe04ea11b6cf883fb9dd01dbf5972cb5b90b
Author: Damian Myrda <damian@prime8.dev>
Date:   Fri, 23 Oct 2026 05:42:29 +0000

uptime: count days on Pacific clock, not server UTC

Diffstat:
M
internal/config/about.go
 | 
19
+++++++++++++++++--
M
internal/utils/uptime.go
 | 
9
++++++++-

2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/internal/config/about.go b/internal/config/about.go
@@ -1,9 +1,24 @@
 package config
 
-import "time"
+import (
+	"time"
+	_ "time/tzdata" // the box may not ship zoneinfo
+)
+
+// HomeZone is the clock the uptime day rolls over on, so the count ticks at
+// local midnight instead of 5pm when the server's UTC date changes.
+var HomeZone = mustZone("America/Los_Angeles")
 
 // Birthday drives the uptime line on the about page.
-var Birthday = time.Date(2008, time.April, 20, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+var Birthday = time.Date(2008, time.April, 20, 0, 0, 0, 0, HomeZone)
+
+func mustZone(name string) *time.Location {
+	loc, err := time.LoadLocation(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return time.UTC
+	}
+	return loc
+}
 
 type KV struct {
 	Key, Value string
diff --git a/internal/utils/uptime.go b/internal/utils/uptime.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 
 // Uptime renders time since birth in uptime(1) style, e.g. "18y 183d".
 func Uptime(birth, now time.Time) string {
+	// count calendar days on the birth date's clock, not the server's
+	now = now.In(birth.Location())
 	if now.Before(birth) {
 		return "0d"
 	}
@@ -16,6 +18,11 @@ func Uptime(birth, now time.Time) string {
 		years--
 		anniv = birth.AddDate(years, 0, 0)
 	}
-	days := int(now.Sub(anniv).Hours() / 24)
+	y, m, d := now.Date()
+	today := time.Date(y, m, d, 0, 0, 0, 0, birth.Location())
+	days := 0
+	for anniv.AddDate(0, 0, days+1).Compare(today) <= 0 {
+		days++
+	}
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%dy %dd", years, days)
 }