Add dbDateFormat to support Oracle (and other) formatting

Author: machour

NotificationsModule.php

@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ class NotificationsModule extends Module
     */
     public $allowDuplicate = false;
 
+    /**
+     * @var string Database created_at field format
+     */
+    public $dbDateFormat = 'Y-m-d H:i:s';
+
     /**
      * @var callable|integer The current user id
      */

controllers/NotificationsController.php

@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ public function actionPoll($seen = 0)
         $results = [];
 
         foreach ($models as $model) {
+
+            // give user a chance to parse the date as needed
+            $date = \DateTime::createFromFormat($this->module->dbDateFormat, $model->created_at)
+                ->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
+
             /** @var Notification $model */
             $results[] = [
                 'id' => $model->id,
@@ -63,7 +68,7 @@ public function actionPoll($seen = 0)
                 'url' => Url::to(['notifications/rnr', 'id' => $model->id]),
                 'key' => $model->key,
                 'flashed' => $model->flashed,
-                'date' => $model->created_at
+                'date' => $date,
             ];
         }
         return $results;

docs/Configuration.md

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ return [
             // Allow to have notification with same (user_id, key, key_id)
             // Default to FALSE
             'allowDuplicate' => false,
+            // Allow custom date formatting in database
+            'dbDateFormat' => 'Y-m-d H:i:s',
             // This callable should return your logged in user Id
             'userId' => function() {
                 return \Yii::$app->user->id;