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+%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
+%% Copyright (c) 2020-2022 EMQ Technologies Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
+%%
+%% Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+%% you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+%% You may obtain a copy of the License at
+%%
+%%     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+%%
+%% Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+%% distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+%% WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+%% See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+%% limitations under the License.
+%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-module(emqx_rule_date).
+
+-export([date/3, date/4, parse_date/4]).
+
+-export([
+    is_int_char/1,
+    is_symbol_char/1,
+    is_m_char/1
+]).
+
+-record(result, {
+    %%year()
+    year = "1970" :: string(),
+    %%month()
+    month = "1" :: string(),
+    %%day()
+    day = "1" :: string(),
+    %%hour()
+    hour = "0" :: string(),
+    %%minute() %% epoch in millisecond precision
+    minute = "0" :: string(),
+    %%second() %% epoch in millisecond precision
+    second = "0" :: string(),
+    %%integer() %% zone maybe some value
+    zone = "+00:00" :: string()
+}).
+
+%% -type time_unit() :: 'microsecond'
+%%                    | 'millisecond'
+%%                    | 'nanosecond'
+%%                    | 'second'.
+%% -type offset() :: [byte()] | (Time :: integer()).
+date(TimeUnit, Offset, FormatString) ->
+    date(TimeUnit, Offset, FormatString, erlang:system_time(TimeUnit)).
+
+date(TimeUnit, Offset, FormatString, TimeEpoch) ->
+    [Head | Other] = string:split(FormatString, "%", all),
+    R = create_tag([{st, Head}], Other),
+    Res = lists:map(
+        fun(Expr) ->
+            eval_tag(rmap(make_time(TimeUnit, Offset, TimeEpoch)), Expr)
+        end,
+        R
+    ),
+    lists:concat(Res).
+
+parse_date(TimeUnit, Offset, FormatString, InputString) ->
+    [Head | Other] = string:split(FormatString, "%", all),
+    R = create_tag([{st, Head}], Other),
+    IsZ = fun(V) ->
+        case V of
+            {tag, $Z} -> true;
+            _ -> false
+        end
+    end,
+    R1 = lists:filter(IsZ, R),
+    IfFun = fun(Con, A, B) ->
+        case Con of
+            [] -> A;
+            _ -> B
+        end
+    end,
+    Res = parse_input(FormatString, InputString),
+    Str =
+        Res#result.year ++ "-" ++
+            Res#result.month ++ "-" ++
+            Res#result.day ++ "T" ++
+            Res#result.hour ++ ":" ++
+            Res#result.minute ++ ":" ++
+            Res#result.second ++
+            IfFun(R1, Offset, Res#result.zone),
+    calendar:rfc3339_to_system_time(Str, [{unit, TimeUnit}]).
+
+mlist(R) ->
+    %% %H	Shows hour in 24-hour format [15]
+    [
+        {$H, R#result.hour},
+        %% %M	Displays minutes [00-59]
+        {$M, R#result.minute},
+        %% %S	Displays seconds [00-59]
+        {$S, R#result.second},
+        %% %y	Displays year YYYY [2021]
+        {$y, R#result.year},
+        %% %m	Displays the number of the month [01-12]
+        {$m, R#result.month},
+        %% %d	Displays the number of the month [01-12]
+        {$d, R#result.day},
+        %% %Z	Displays Time zone
+        {$Z, R#result.zone}
+    ].
+
+rmap(Result) ->
+    maps:from_list(mlist(Result)).
+
+support_char() -> "HMSymdZ".
+
+create_tag(Head, []) ->
+    Head;
+create_tag(Head, [Val1 | RVal]) ->
+    case Val1 of
+        [] ->
+            create_tag(Head ++ [{st, [$%]}], RVal);
+        [H | Other] ->
+            case lists:member(H, support_char()) of
+                true -> create_tag(Head ++ [{tag, H}, {st, Other}], RVal);
+                false -> create_tag(Head ++ [{st, [$% | Val1]}], RVal)
+            end
+    end.
+
+eval_tag(_, {st, Str}) ->
+    Str;
+eval_tag(Map, {tag, Char}) ->
+    maps:get(Char, Map, "undefined").
+
+%% make_time(TimeUnit, Offset) ->
+%%     make_time(TimeUnit, Offset, erlang:system_time(TimeUnit)).
+make_time(TimeUnit, Offset, TimeEpoch) ->
+    Res = calendar:system_time_to_rfc3339(TimeEpoch,
+                                          [{unit, TimeUnit}, {offset, Offset}]),
+    [Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, $-, Mon1, Mon2, $-, D1, D2, _T,
+     H1, H2, $:, Min1, Min2, $:, S1, S2 | TimeStr] = Res,
+    IsFractionChar = fun(C) -> C >= $0 andalso C =< $9 orelse C =:= $. end,
+    {FractionStr, UtcOffset} = lists:splitwith(IsFractionChar, TimeStr),
+    #result{
+       year = [Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4]
+      , month = [Mon1, Mon2]
+      , day = [D1, D2]
+      , hour = [H1, H2]
+      , minute = [Min1, Min2]
+      , second = [S1, S2] ++ FractionStr
+      , zone = UtcOffset
+      }.
+
+is_int_char(C) ->
+    C >= $0 andalso C =< $9.
+is_symbol_char(C) ->
+    C =:= $- orelse C =:= $+.
+is_m_char(C) ->
+    C =:= $:.
+
+parse_char_with_fun(_, []) ->
+    error(null_input);
+parse_char_with_fun(ValidFun, [C | Other]) ->
+    Res =
+        case erlang:is_function(ValidFun) of
+            true -> ValidFun(C);
+            false -> erlang:apply(emqx_rule_date, ValidFun, [C])
+        end,
+    case Res of
+        true -> {C, Other};
+        false -> error({unexpected, [C | Other]})
+    end.
+parse_string([], Input) ->
+    {[], Input};
+parse_string([C | Other], Input) ->
+    {C1, Input1} = parse_char_with_fun(fun(V) -> V =:= C end, Input),
+    {Res, Input2} = parse_string(Other, Input1),
+    {[C1 | Res], Input2}.
+
+parse_times(0, _, Input) ->
+    {[], Input};
+parse_times(Times, Fun, Input) ->
+    {C1, Input1} = parse_char_with_fun(Fun, Input),
+    {Res, Input2} = parse_times((Times - 1), Fun, Input1),
+    {[C1 | Res], Input2}.
+
+parse_int_times(Times, Input) ->
+    parse_times(Times, is_int_char, Input).
+
+parse_fraction(Input) ->
+    IsFractionChar = fun(C) -> C >= $0 andalso C =< $9 orelse C =:= $. end,
+    lists:splitwith(IsFractionChar, Input).
+
+parse_second(Input) ->
+    {M, Input1} = parse_int_times(2, Input),
+    {M1, Input2} = parse_fraction(Input1),
+    {M ++ M1, Input2}.
+
+parse_zone(Input) ->
+    {S, Input1} = parse_char_with_fun(is_symbol_char, Input),
+    {M, Input2} = parse_int_times(2, Input1),
+    {C, Input3} = parse_char_with_fun(is_m_char, Input2),
+    {V, Input4} = parse_int_times(2, Input3),
+    {[S | M ++ [C | V]], Input4}.
+
+mlist1() ->
+    maps:from_list(
+        %% %H	Shows hour in 24-hour format [15]
+        [
+            {$H, fun(Input) -> parse_int_times(2, Input) end},
+            %% %M	Displays minutes [00-59]
+            {$M, fun(Input) -> parse_int_times(2, Input) end},
+            %% %S	Displays seconds [00-59]
+            {$S, fun(Input) -> parse_second(Input) end},
+            %% %y	Displays year YYYY [2021]
+            {$y, fun(Input) -> parse_int_times(4, Input) end},
+            %% %m	Displays the number of the month [01-12]
+            {$m, fun(Input) -> parse_int_times(2, Input) end},
+            %% %d	Displays the number of the month [01-12]
+            {$d, fun(Input) -> parse_int_times(2, Input) end},
+            %% %Z	Displays Time zone
+            {$Z, fun(Input) -> parse_zone(Input) end}
+        ]
+    ).
+
+update_result($H, Res, Str) -> Res#result{hour = Str};
+update_result($M, Res, Str) -> Res#result{minute = Str};
+update_result($S, Res, Str) -> Res#result{second = Str};
+update_result($y, Res, Str) -> Res#result{year = Str};
+update_result($m, Res, Str) -> Res#result{month = Str};
+update_result($d, Res, Str) -> Res#result{day = Str};
+update_result($Z, Res, Str) -> Res#result{zone = Str}.
+
+parse_tag(Res, {st, St}, InputString) ->
+    {_A, B} = parse_string(St, InputString),
+    {Res, B};
+parse_tag(Res, {tag, St}, InputString) ->
+    Fun = maps:get(St, mlist1()),
+    {A, B} = Fun(InputString),
+    NRes = update_result(St, Res, A),
+    {NRes, B}.
+
+parse_tags(Res, [], _) ->
+    Res;
+parse_tags(Res, [Tag | Others], InputString) ->
+    {NRes, B} = parse_tag(Res, Tag, InputString),
+    parse_tags(NRes, Others, B).
+
+parse_input(FormatString, InputString) ->
+    [Head | Other] = string:split(FormatString, "%", all),
+    R = create_tag([{st, Head}], Other),
+    parse_tags(#result{}, R, InputString).