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/**
 * (c) 2010-2018 Torstein Honsi
 *
 * License: www.highcharts.com/license
 */

/**
 * Normalized interval.
 *
 * @typedef Highcharts.NormalizedIntervalObject
 *
 * @property {number} unitRange
 *           The interval in axis values (ms)
 *
 * @property {number} count
 *           The count
 */

/**
 * Additonal time tick information.
 *
 * @typedef {Highcharts.NormalizedIntervalObject} Highcharts.TimeTicksInfoObject
 *
 * @property {Array<string>} higherRanks
 *
 * @property {number} totalRange
 */

/**
 * Time ticks.
 *
 * @typedef {Array<number>} Highcharts.TimeTicksObject
 *
 * @property {Highcharts.TimeTicksInfoObject} info
 */

'use strict';

import Highcharts from './Globals.js';

var H = Highcharts,
    defined = H.defined,
    each = H.each,
    extend = H.extend,
    merge = H.merge,
    pick = H.pick,
    timeUnits = H.timeUnits,
    win = H.win;

/**
 * The Time class. Time settings are applied in general for each page using
 * `Highcharts.setOptions`, or individually for each Chart item through the
 * [time](https://api.highcharts.com/highcharts/time) options set.
 *
 * The Time object is available from
 * [Chart.time](http://api.highcharts.com/class-reference/Highcharts.Chart#.time),
 * which refers to  `Highcharts.time` if no individual time settings are
 * applied.
 *
 * @example
 * // Apply time settings globally
 * Highcharts.setOptions({
 *     time: {
 *         timezone: 'Europe/London'
 *     }
 * });
 *
 * // Apply time settings by instance
 * var chart = Highcharts.chart('container', {
 *     time: {
 *         timezone: 'America/New_York'
 *     },
 *     series: [{
 *         data: [1, 4, 3, 5]
 *     }]
 * });
 *
 * // Use the Time object
 * console.log(
 *        'Current time in New York',
 *        chart.time.dateFormat('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S', Date.now())
 * );
 *
 * @class
 * @name Highcharts.Time
 *
 * @param {Highcharts.TimeOptions} options
 *        Time options as defined in [chart.options.time](/highcharts/time).
 *
 * @since 6.0.5
 */
Highcharts.Time = function (options) {
    this.update(options, false);
};

Highcharts.Time.prototype = {

    /**
     * Time options that can apply globally or to individual charts. These
     * settings affect how `datetime` axes are laid out, how tooltips are
     * formatted, how series
     * [pointIntervalUnit](#plotOptions.series.pointIntervalUnit) works and how
     * the Highstock range selector handles time.
     *
     * The common use case is that all charts in the same Highcharts object
     * share the same time settings, in which case the global settings are set
     * using `setOptions`.
     *
     * ```js
     * // Apply time settings globally
     * Highcharts.setOptions({
     *     time: {
     *         timezone: 'Europe/London'
     *     }
     * });
     * // Apply time settings by instance
     * var chart = Highcharts.chart('container', {
     *     time: {
     *         timezone: 'America/New_York'
     *     },
     *     series: [{
     *         data: [1, 4, 3, 5]
     *     }]
     * });
     *
     * // Use the Time object
     * console.log(
     *        'Current time in New York',
     *        chart.time.dateFormat('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S', Date.now())
     * );
     * ```
     *
     * Since v6.0.5, the time options were moved from the `global` obect to the
     * `time` object, and time options can be set on each individual chart.
     *
     * @sample {highcharts|highstock}
     *         highcharts/time/timezone/
     *         Set the timezone globally
     * @sample {highcharts}
     *         highcharts/time/individual/
     *         Set the timezone per chart instance
     * @sample {highstock}
     *         stock/time/individual/
     *         Set the timezone per chart instance
     *
     * @since     6.0.5
     * @apioption time
     */

    /**
     * Whether to use UTC time for axis scaling, tickmark placement and
     * time display in `Highcharts.dateFormat`. Advantages of using UTC
     * is that the time displays equally regardless of the user agent's
     * time zone settings. Local time can be used when the data is loaded
     * in real time or when correct Daylight Saving Time transitions are
     * required.
     *
     * @sample {highcharts} highcharts/time/useutc-true/
     *         True by default
     * @sample {highcharts} highcharts/time/useutc-false/
     *         False
     *
     * @type      {boolean}
     * @default   true
     * @apioption time.useUTC
     */

    /**
     * A custom `Date` class for advanced date handling. For example,
     * [JDate](https://github.com/tahajahangir/jdate) can be hooked in to
     * handle Jalali dates.
     *
     * @type      {*}
     * @since     4.0.4
     * @product   highcharts highstock gantt
     * @apioption time.Date
     */

    /**
     * A callback to return the time zone offset for a given datetime. It
     * takes the timestamp in terms of milliseconds since January 1 1970,
     * and returns the timezone offset in minutes. This provides a hook
     * for drawing time based charts in specific time zones using their
     * local DST crossover dates, with the help of external libraries.
     *
     * @see [global.timezoneOffset](#global.timezoneOffset)
     *
     * @sample {highcharts|highstock} highcharts/time/gettimezoneoffset/
     *         Use moment.js to draw Oslo time regardless of browser locale
     *
     * @type      {Function}
     * @since     4.1.0
     * @product   highcharts highstock gantt
     * @apioption time.getTimezoneOffset
     */

    /**
     * Requires [moment.js](http://momentjs.com/). If the timezone option
     * is specified, it creates a default
     * [getTimezoneOffset](#time.getTimezoneOffset) function that looks
     * up the specified timezone in moment.js. If moment.js is not included,
     * this throws a Highcharts error in the console, but does not crash the
     * chart.
     *
     * @see [getTimezoneOffset](#time.getTimezoneOffset)
     *
     * @sample {highcharts|highstock} highcharts/time/timezone/
     *         Europe/Oslo
     *
     * @type      {string}
     * @since     5.0.7
     * @product   highcharts highstock gantt
     * @apioption time.timezone
     */

    /**
     * The timezone offset in minutes. Positive values are west, negative
     * values are east of UTC, as in the ECMAScript
     * [getTimezoneOffset](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/getTimezoneOffset)
     * method. Use this to display UTC based data in a predefined time zone.
     *
     * @see [time.getTimezoneOffset](#time.getTimezoneOffset)
     *
     * @sample {highcharts|highstock} highcharts/time/timezoneoffset/
     *         Timezone offset
     *
     * @type      {number}
     * @default   0
     * @since     3.0.8
     * @product   highcharts highstock gantt
     * @apioption time.timezoneOffset
     */

    defaultOptions: {},

    /**
     * Update the Time object with current options. It is called internally on
     * initiating Highcharts, after running `Highcharts.setOptions` and on
     * `Chart.update`.
     *
     * @private
     * @function Highcharts.Time#update
     *
     * @param {Highcharts.TimeOptions} options
     */
    update: function (options) {
        var useUTC = pick(options && options.useUTC, true),
            time = this;

        this.options = options = merge(true, this.options || {}, options);

        // Allow using a different Date class
        this.Date = options.Date || win.Date;

        this.useUTC = useUTC;
        this.timezoneOffset = useUTC && options.timezoneOffset;

        /**
         * Get the time zone offset based on the current timezone information as
         * set in the global options.
         *
         * @function Highcharts.Time#getTimezoneOffset
         *
         * @param {number} timestamp
         *        The JavaScript timestamp to inspect.
         *
         * @return {number}
         *         The timezone offset in minutes compared to UTC.
         */
        this.getTimezoneOffset = this.timezoneOffsetFunction();

        /*
         * The time object has options allowing for variable time zones, meaning
         * the axis ticks or series data needs to consider this.
         */
        this.variableTimezone = !!(
            !useUTC ||
            options.getTimezoneOffset ||
            options.timezone
        );

        // UTC time with timezone handling
        if (this.variableTimezone || this.timezoneOffset) {
            this.get = function (unit, date) {
                var realMs = date.getTime(),
                    ms = realMs - time.getTimezoneOffset(date),
                    ret;

                date.setTime(ms); // Temporary adjust to timezone
                ret = date['getUTC' + unit]();
                date.setTime(realMs); // Reset

                return ret;
            };
            this.set = function (unit, date, value) {
                var ms, offset, newOffset;

                // For lower order time units, just set it directly using local
                // time
                if (
                    unit === 'Milliseconds' ||
                    unit === 'Seconds' ||

                    // If we're dealting with minutes, we only need to
                    // consider timezone if we're in Indian time zones with
                    // half-hour offsets (#8768).
                    (
                        unit === 'Minutes' &&
                        date.getTimezoneOffset() % 60 === 0
                    )
                ) {
                    date['set' + unit](value);

                // Higher order time units need to take the time zone into
                // account
                } else {

                    // Adjust by timezone
                    offset = time.getTimezoneOffset(date);
                    ms = date.getTime() - offset;
                    date.setTime(ms);

                    date['setUTC' + unit](value);
                    newOffset = time.getTimezoneOffset(date);

                    ms = date.getTime() + newOffset;
                    date.setTime(ms);
                }

            };

        // UTC time with no timezone handling
        } else if (useUTC) {
            this.get = function (unit, date) {
                return date['getUTC' + unit]();
            };
            this.set = function (unit, date, value) {
                return date['setUTC' + unit](value);
            };

        // Local time
        } else {
            this.get = function (unit, date) {
                return date['get' + unit]();
            };
            this.set = function (unit, date, value) {
                return date['set' + unit](value);
            };
        }

    },

    /**
     * Make a time and returns milliseconds. Interprets the inputs as UTC time,
     * local time or a specific timezone time depending on the current time
     * settings.
     *
     * @function Highcharts.Time#makeTime
     *
     * @param {number} year
     *        The year
     *
     * @param {number} month
     *        The month. Zero-based, so January is 0.
     *
     * @param {number} [date=1]
     *        The day of the month
     *
     * @param {number} [hours=0]
     *        The hour of the day, 0-23.
     *
     * @param {number} [minutes=0]
     *        The minutes
     *
     * @param {number} [seconds=0]
     *        The seconds
     *
     * @return {number}
     *         The time in milliseconds since January 1st 1970.
     */
    makeTime: function (year, month, date, hours, minutes, seconds) {
        var d, offset, newOffset;
        if (this.useUTC) {
            d = this.Date.UTC.apply(0, arguments);
            offset = this.getTimezoneOffset(d);
            d += offset;
            newOffset = this.getTimezoneOffset(d);

            if (offset !== newOffset) {
                d += newOffset - offset;

            // A special case for transitioning from summer time to winter time.
            // When the clock is set back, the same time is repeated twice, i.e.
            // 02:30 am is repeated since the clock is set back from 3 am to
            // 2 am. We need to make the same time as local Date does.
            } else if (
                offset - 36e5 === this.getTimezoneOffset(d - 36e5) &&
                !H.isSafari
            ) {
                d -= 36e5;
            }

        } else {
            d = new this.Date(
                year,
                month,
                pick(date, 1),
                pick(hours, 0),
                pick(minutes, 0),
                pick(seconds, 0)
            ).getTime();
        }
        return d;
    },

    /**
     * Sets the getTimezoneOffset function. If the `timezone` option is set, a
     * default getTimezoneOffset function with that timezone is returned. If
     * a `getTimezoneOffset` option is defined, it is returned. If neither are
     * specified, the function using the `timezoneOffset` option or 0 offset is
     * returned.
     *
     * @private
     * @function Highcharts.Time#timezoneOffsetFunction
     *
     * @return {Function}
     *         A getTimezoneOffset function
     */
    timezoneOffsetFunction: function () {
        var time = this,
            options = this.options,
            moment = win.moment;

        if (!this.useUTC) {
            return function (timestamp) {
                return new Date(timestamp).getTimezoneOffset() * 60000;
            };
        }

        if (options.timezone) {
            if (!moment) {
                // getTimezoneOffset-function stays undefined because it depends
                // on Moment.js
                H.error(25);

            } else {
                return function (timestamp) {
                    return -moment.tz(
                        timestamp,
                        options.timezone
                    ).utcOffset() * 60000;
                };
            }
        }

        // If not timezone is set, look for the getTimezoneOffset callback
        if (this.useUTC && options.getTimezoneOffset) {
            return function (timestamp) {
                return options.getTimezoneOffset(timestamp) * 60000;
            };
        }

        // Last, use the `timezoneOffset` option if set
        return function () {
            return (time.timezoneOffset || 0) * 60000;
        };
    },

    /**
     * Formats a JavaScript date timestamp (milliseconds since Jan 1st 1970)
     * into a human readable date string. The format is a subset of the formats
     * for PHP's [strftime](http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strftime.php)
     * function. Additional formats can be given in the
     * {@link Highcharts.dateFormats} hook.
     *
     * @function Highcharts.Time#dateFormat
     *
     * @param {string} [format]
     *        The desired format where various time representations are
     *        prefixed with %.
     *
     * @param {number} timestamp
     *        The JavaScript timestamp.
     *
     * @param {boolean} [capitalize=false]
     *        Upper case first letter in the return.
     *
     * @return {string}
     *         The formatted date.
     */
    dateFormat: function (format, timestamp, capitalize) {
        if (!H.defined(timestamp) || isNaN(timestamp)) {
            return H.defaultOptions.lang.invalidDate || '';
        }
        format = H.pick(format, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S');

        var time = this,
            date = new this.Date(timestamp),
            // get the basic time values
            hours = this.get('Hours', date),
            day = this.get('Day', date),
            dayOfMonth = this.get('Date', date),
            month = this.get('Month', date),
            fullYear = this.get('FullYear', date),
            lang = H.defaultOptions.lang,
            langWeekdays = lang.weekdays,
            shortWeekdays = lang.shortWeekdays,
            pad = H.pad,

            // List all format keys. Custom formats can be added from the
            // outside.
            replacements = H.extend(
                {

                    // Day
                    // Short weekday, like 'Mon'
                    'a': shortWeekdays ?
                        shortWeekdays[day] :
                        langWeekdays[day].substr(0, 3),
                    // Long weekday, like 'Monday'
                    'A': langWeekdays[day],
                    // Two digit day of the month, 01 to 31
                    'd': pad(dayOfMonth),
                    // Day of the month, 1 through 31
                    'e': pad(dayOfMonth, 2, ' '),
                    'w': day,

                    // Week (none implemented)
                    // 'W': weekNumber(),

                    // Month
                    // Short month, like 'Jan'
                    'b': lang.shortMonths[month],
                    // Long month, like 'January'
                    'B': lang.months[month],
                    // Two digit month number, 01 through 12
                    'm': pad(month + 1),
                    // Month number, 1 through 12 (#8150)
                    'o': month + 1,

                    // Year
                    // Two digits year, like 09 for 2009
                    'y': fullYear.toString().substr(2, 2),
                    // Four digits year, like 2009
                    'Y': fullYear,

                    // Time
                    // Two digits hours in 24h format, 00 through 23
                    'H': pad(hours),
                    // Hours in 24h format, 0 through 23
                    'k': hours,
                    // Two digits hours in 12h format, 00 through 11
                    'I': pad((hours % 12) || 12),
                    // Hours in 12h format, 1 through 12
                    'l': (hours % 12) || 12,
                    // Two digits minutes, 00 through 59
                    'M': pad(time.get('Minutes', date)),
                    // Upper case AM or PM
                    'p': hours < 12 ? 'AM' : 'PM',
                    // Lower case AM or PM
                    'P': hours < 12 ? 'am' : 'pm',
                    // Two digits seconds, 00 through  59
                    'S': pad(date.getSeconds()),
                    // Milliseconds (naming from Ruby)
                    'L': pad(Math.floor(timestamp % 1000), 3)
                },

                /**
                 * A hook for defining additional date format specifiers. New
                 * specifiers are defined as key-value pairs by using the
                 * specifier as key, and a function which takes the timestamp as
                 * value. This function returns the formatted portion of the
                 * date.
                 *
                 * @sample highcharts/global/dateformats/
                 *         Adding support for week number
                 *
                 * @name Highcharts.dateFormats
                 * @type {Highcharts.Dictionary<Function>}
                 */
                H.dateFormats
            );


        // Do the replaces
        H.objectEach(replacements, function (val, key) {
            // Regex would do it in one line, but this is faster
            while (format.indexOf('%' + key) !== -1) {
                format = format.replace(
                    '%' + key,
                    typeof val === 'function' ? val.call(time, timestamp) : val
                );
            }

        });

        // Optionally capitalize the string and return
        return capitalize ?
            format.substr(0, 1).toUpperCase() + format.substr(1) :
            format;
    },

    /**
     * Resolve legacy formats of dateTimeLabelFormats (strings and arrays) into
     * an object.
     * @param  {String|Array|Object} f General format description
     * @return {Object}   The object definition
     */
    resolveDTLFormat: function (f) {
        if (!H.isObject(f, true)) {
            f = H.splat(f);
            return {
                main: f[0],
                from: f[1],
                to: f[2]
            };
        }
        return f;
    },

    /**
     * Return an array with time positions distributed on round time values
     * right and right after min and max. Used in datetime axes as well as for
     * grouping data on a datetime axis.
     *
     * @function Highcharts.Time#getTimeTicks
     *
     * @param {Highcharts.NormalizedIntervalObject} normalizedInterval
     *        The interval in axis values (ms) and the count
     *
     * @param {number} [min]
     *        The minimum in axis values
     *
     * @param {number} [max]
     *        The maximum in axis values
     *
     * @param {number} [startOfWeek=1]
     *
     * @return {Highcharts.TimeTicksObject}
     */
    getTimeTicks: function (
        normalizedInterval,
        min,
        max,
        startOfWeek
    ) {
        var time = this,
            Date = time.Date,
            tickPositions = [],
            i,
            higherRanks = {},
            minYear, // used in months and years as a basis for Date.UTC()
            // When crossing DST, use the max. Resolves #6278.
            minDate = new Date(min),
            interval = normalizedInterval.unitRange,
            count = normalizedInterval.count || 1,
            variableDayLength,
            minDay;

        startOfWeek = pick(startOfWeek, 1);

        if (defined(min)) { // #1300
            time.set(
                'Milliseconds',
                minDate,
                interval >= timeUnits.second ?
                    0 : // #3935
                    count * Math.floor(
                        time.get('Milliseconds', minDate) / count
                    )
            ); // #3652, #3654

            if (interval >= timeUnits.second) { // second
                time.set('Seconds',
                    minDate,
                    interval >= timeUnits.minute ?
                        0 : // #3935
                        count * Math.floor(time.get('Seconds', minDate) / count)
                );
            }

            if (interval >= timeUnits.minute) { // minute
                time.set('Minutes', minDate,
                    interval >= timeUnits.hour ?
                        0 :
                        count * Math.floor(time.get('Minutes', minDate) / count)
                );
            }

            if (interval >= timeUnits.hour) { // hour
                time.set(
                    'Hours',
                    minDate,
                    interval >= timeUnits.day ?
                        0 :
                        count * Math.floor(
                            time.get('Hours', minDate) / count
                        )
                );
            }

            if (interval >= timeUnits.day) { // day
                time.set(
                    'Date',
                    minDate,
                    interval >= timeUnits.month ?
                        1 :
                        count * Math.floor(time.get('Date', minDate) / count)
                    );
            }

            if (interval >= timeUnits.month) { // month
                time.set(
                    'Month',
                    minDate,
                    interval >= timeUnits.year ? 0 :
                        count * Math.floor(time.get('Month', minDate) / count)
                );
                minYear = time.get('FullYear', minDate);
            }

            if (interval >= timeUnits.year) { // year
                minYear -= minYear % count;
                time.set('FullYear', minDate, minYear);
            }

            // week is a special case that runs outside the hierarchy
            if (interval === timeUnits.week) {
                // get start of current week, independent of count
                minDay = time.get('Day', minDate);
                time.set(
                    'Date',
                    minDate,
                    (
                        time.get('Date', minDate) -
                        minDay + startOfWeek +
                        // We don't want to skip days that are before
                        // startOfWeek (#7051)
                        (minDay < startOfWeek ? -7 : 0)
                    )
                );
            }


            // Get basics for variable time spans
            minYear = time.get('FullYear', minDate);
            var minMonth = time.get('Month', minDate),
                minDateDate = time.get('Date', minDate),
                minHours = time.get('Hours', minDate);

            // Redefine min to the floored/rounded minimum time (#7432)
            min = minDate.getTime();

            // Handle local timezone offset
            if (time.variableTimezone) {

                // Detect whether we need to take the DST crossover into
                // consideration. If we're crossing over DST, the day length may
                // be 23h or 25h and we need to compute the exact clock time for
                // each tick instead of just adding hours. This comes at a cost,
                // so first we find out if it is needed (#4951).
                variableDayLength = (
                    // Long range, assume we're crossing over.
                    max - min > 4 * timeUnits.month ||
                    // Short range, check if min and max are in different time
                    // zones.
                    time.getTimezoneOffset(min) !== time.getTimezoneOffset(max)
                );
            }

            // Iterate and add tick positions at appropriate values
            var t = minDate.getTime();
            i = 1;
            while (t < max) {
                tickPositions.push(t);

                // if the interval is years, use Date.UTC to increase years
                if (interval === timeUnits.year) {
                    t = time.makeTime(minYear + i * count, 0);

                // if the interval is months, use Date.UTC to increase months
                } else if (interval === timeUnits.month) {
                    t = time.makeTime(minYear, minMonth + i * count);

                // if we're using global time, the interval is not fixed as it
                // jumps one hour at the DST crossover
                } else if (
                    variableDayLength &&
                    (interval === timeUnits.day || interval === timeUnits.week)
                ) {
                    t = time.makeTime(
                        minYear,
                        minMonth,
                        minDateDate +
                            i * count * (interval === timeUnits.day ? 1 : 7)
                    );

                } else if (
                    variableDayLength &&
                    interval === timeUnits.hour &&
                    count > 1
                ) {
                    // make sure higher ranks are preserved across DST (#6797,
                    // #7621)
                    t = time.makeTime(
                        minYear,
                        minMonth,
                        minDateDate,
                        minHours + i * count
                    );

                // else, the interval is fixed and we use simple addition
                } else {
                    t += interval * count;
                }

                i++;
            }

            // push the last time
            tickPositions.push(t);


            // Handle higher ranks. Mark new days if the time is on midnight
            // (#950, #1649, #1760, #3349). Use a reasonable dropout threshold
            // to prevent looping over dense data grouping (#6156).
            if (interval <= timeUnits.hour && tickPositions.length < 10000) {
                each(tickPositions, function (t) {
                    if (
                        // Speed optimization, no need to run dateFormat unless
                        // we're on a full or half hour
                        t % 1800000 === 0 &&
                        // Check for local or global midnight
                        time.dateFormat('%H%M%S%L', t) === '000000000'
                    ) {
                        higherRanks[t] = 'day';
                    }
                });
            }
        }


        // record information on the chosen unit - for dynamic label formatter
        tickPositions.info = extend(normalizedInterval, {
            higherRanks: higherRanks,
            totalRange: interval * count
        });

        return tickPositions;
    }

}; // end of Time