config for date formatting

closes #20

Author: hyperdefined

src/main/java/lol/hyper/toolstats/ToolStats.java

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public final class ToolStats extends JavaPlugin {
     // used for tracking new elytras
     public final NamespacedKey newElytra = new NamespacedKey(this, "new");
 
-    public final SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("M/dd/yyyy", Locale.ENGLISH);
+    public SimpleDateFormat dateFormat;
     public final DecimalFormat decimalFormat = new DecimalFormat("#,###.00", new DecimalFormatSymbols(Locale.getDefault()));
     public final DecimalFormat commaFormat = new DecimalFormat("#,###", new DecimalFormatSymbols(Locale.getDefault()));
     public BlocksMined blocksMined;
@@ -130,6 +130,20 @@ public void loadConfig() {
         if (config.getInt("config-version") != CONFIG_VERSION) {
             logger.warning("Your config file is outdated! Please regenerate the config.");
         }
+
+        String dateFormatConfig = config.getString("date-format");
+        if (dateFormatConfig != null) {
+            try {
+                dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormatConfig, Locale.getDefault());
+            } catch (IllegalArgumentException exception) {
+                logger.severe("date-format is NOT a valid format! Using default American English format.");
+                exception.printStackTrace();
+                dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("M/dd/yyyy", Locale.ENGLISH);
+            }
+        } else {
+            logger.warning("date-format is missing from your config! Using default American English format.");
+            dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("M/dd/yyyy", Locale.ENGLISH);
+        }
     }
 
     public void checkForUpdates() {

src/main/resources/config.yml

@@ -98,4 +98,9 @@ messages:
     crafting: "&cCrafting items via shift clicking does not fully apply tags to each item. This is a limitation with the Bukkit API."
     trading: "&cTrading items via shift clicking does not fully apply tags to each item. This is a limitation with the Bukkit API."
 
+# Change the default formatting for dates.
+# See: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/java-simpledateformat-java-date-format
+# Example: "dd/mm/yyyy"
+date-format: "M/dd/yyyy"
+
 config-version: 3