From 0288d05f2d23ed781eb250ac34320de1d1765951 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 13:18:30 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] need to work on standard date formatting

---
 date.go | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 date.go

diff --git a/date.go b/date.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7846283
--- /dev/null
+++ b/date.go
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package tree
+
+import (
+	"time"
+)
+
+// TODO; let the user choose the date format
+func MakeDatestamp(t time.Time) string {
+	/*
+		// Get system locale from the environment
+		locale := os.Getenv("LANG")
+		if locale == "" {
+			locale = "en_US" // Default to English (US) if not set
+		}
+
+		// Parse the language tag
+		tag, err := language.Parse(locale)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("Invalid locale: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		// Create a date formatter
+		formatter := date.NewFormatter(date.OrderDefault, catalog.NewBuilder())
+
+		// Get the current timestamp
+		now := time.Now()
+
+		// Format the date based on the locale
+		p := message.NewPrinter(tag)
+		formattedDate := formatter.Format(tag, now)
+
+		// Print the formatted date
+		fmt.Println("Formatted Date:", formattedDate)
+
+		// Alternative: Use predefined time formats
+		fmt.Println("Localized Date (fallback):", p.Sprintf("%v", now.Format(time.RFC1123)))
+	*/
+	return t.Format(time.RFC1123)
+}