added --new functionality with keybnding

src/awk/update.awk

@@ -33,36 +33,35 @@ BEGIN {
 ENDFILE { 
   if (NR == FNR)
   {
-    # Sanitize input
-    cmd = "date +\"%R\""
-    cmd | getline now
-    close(cmd)
-    # if time is set to 00:00 or right now, assume it's a date
-    # and not a datetime entry.
+    # If nanoseconds are not 0, then we assume user enterd "tomorrow" or
+    # something the like, and we make this a date entry, as opposed to a
+    # date-time entry.
     from = from ? from : "now"
-    cmd = "date -d \"" from "\" +\"%R\"";
+    cmd = "date -d \"" from "\" +\"%N\"";
     cmd | getline t
     close(cmd)
-    if (t == "00:00" || t == now) {
-      from_type = "DATE"
-      cmd = "date -d \"" from "\" +\"%Y%m%d\"";
-    } else {
+    t = t + 0
+    if (t == 0) {
       from_type = "DATE-TIME"
       cmd = "date -d \"" from "\" +\"@%s\" | xargs date -u +\"%Y%m%dT%H%M00Z\" -d"
+    } else {
+      from_type = "DATE"
+      cmd = "date -d \"" from "\" +\"%Y%m%d\"";
     }
     cmd | getline from
     close(cmd)
     #
     to = to ? to : "now"
-    cmd = "date -d \"" to "\" +\"%R\"";
+    cmd = "date -d \"" to "\" +\"%N\"";
     cmd | getline t
     close(cmd)
-    if (t == "00:00" || t == now) {
-      to_type = "DATE"
-      cmd = "date -d \"" to "\" +\"%Y%m%d\"";
-    } else {
+    t = t + 0
+    if (t == 0) {
       to_type = "DATE-TIME"
       cmd = "date -d \"" to "\" +\"@%s\" | xargs date -u +\"%Y%m%dT%H%M00Z\" -d"
+    } else {
+      to_type = "DATE"
+      cmd = "date -d \"" to "\" +\"%Y%m%d\"";
     }
     cmd | getline to
     close(cmd)