Issues 350 - Formatting date and time

mycroft/configuration/mycroft.conf

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
   "lang": "en-us",
   "location": "Lawrence, Kansas",
   "system_unit": "metric",
-  "time_format": "%H:%M",
-  "date_format": "%A, %B %d, %Y",
+  "time_format": "half",
+  "date_format": "MDY",
   "skills": {
     "directory": "~/.mycroft/skills",
     "stop_threshold": 2.0

mycroft/skills/date_time/__init__.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 import datetime
-from os.path import dirname, join
+from os.path import dirname
 
 import tzlocal
 from adapt.intent import IntentBuilder
@@ -34,12 +34,13 @@ class TimeSkill(MycroftSkill):
     def __init__(self):
         super(TimeSkill, self).__init__("TimeSkill")
         self.astral = Astral()
-        self.format = self.init_format()
+        self.init_format()
 
     def init_format(self):
-        if self.config_core.get('time_format', 'half') == 'half':
-            return "%I:%M, %p"
-        return "%H:%M"
+        if self.config_core.get('time_format') == 'full':
+            self.format = "%H:%M"
+        else:
+            self.format = "%I:%M, %p"
 
     def initialize(self):
         self.load_data_files(dirname(__file__))

mycroft/skills/scheduled_skills.py

@@ -52,6 +52,18 @@ class ScheduledSkill(MycroftSkill):
         self.timer = None
         self.calendar = pdt.Calendar()
         self.time_rules = time_rules.create(self.lang)
+        self.init_format()
+
+    def init_format(self):
+        if self.config_core.get('date_format') == 'DMY':
+            self.format = "%d %B, %Y at "
+        else:
+            self.format = "%B %d, %Y at "
+
+        if self.config_core.get('time_format') == 'full':
+            self.format += "%H:%M"
+        else:
+            self.format += "%I:%M, %p"
 
     def schedule(self):
         times = sorted(self.get_times())
@@ -91,9 +103,7 @@ class ScheduledSkill(MycroftSkill):
             else:
                 return "%s minutes and %s seconds from now" % \
                        (int(minutes), int(seconds))
-        dt_format = self.config_core.get('date_format')
-        dt_format += " at " + self.config_core.get('time_format')
-        return date.strftime(dt_format)
+        return date.strftime(self.format)
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
     def get_times(self):