From 6ffab7283c4e0d62920b60afd19b2163f83cee5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Medvednikov <alexander@medvednikov.com>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2026 23:50:22 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] github import: preserve original issue timestamps

When importing issues from GitHub, parse the issue's created_at
field and store it instead of stamping the import time. Adds
add_imported_issue_returning_id which takes an explicit timestamp,
with the existing add_issue_returning_id forwarding to it using
time.now() so other callers are unaffected.
---
 github.v | 13 ++++++++++++-
 issue.v  |  7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/github.v b/github.v
index 6274abb..2174daa 100644
--- a/github.v
+++ b/github.v
@@ -47,11 +47,20 @@ struct GitHubIssue {
 	title        string
 	body         string
 	state        string
+	created_at   string
 	user         GitHubIssueAuthor
 	pull_request GitHubPullRequestRef
 	labels       []GitHubLabel
 }
 
+fn parse_github_timestamp(s string) int {
+	if s == '' {
+		return int(time.now().unix())
+	}
+	t := time.parse_iso8601(s) or { return int(time.now().unix()) }
+	return int(t.unix())
+}
+
 fn parse_github_owner_repo(clone_url string) ?(string, string) {
 	mut s := clone_url.trim_space()
 	for prefix in ['https://', 'http://', 'git@'] {
@@ -236,7 +245,9 @@ fn (mut app App) import_github_issues(repo_id int, clone_url string, owner_user_
 					owner_user_id
 				}
 			}
-			issue_id := app.add_issue_returning_id(repo_id, author_id, gi.title, gi.body) or {
+			created_at := parse_github_timestamp(gi.created_at)
+			issue_id := app.add_imported_issue_returning_id(repo_id, author_id, gi.title, gi.body,
+				created_at) or {
 				eprintln('[github-import] ERROR inserting issue #${gi.number}: ${err}')
 				continue
 			}
diff --git a/issue.v b/issue.v
index 1fa229a..f4db8d8 100644
--- a/issue.v
+++ b/issue.v
@@ -49,12 +49,17 @@ fn (mut app App) add_issue(repo_id int, author_id int, title string, text string
 }
 
 fn (mut app App) add_issue_returning_id(repo_id int, author_id int, title string, text string) !int {
+	return app.add_imported_issue_returning_id(repo_id, author_id, title, text,
+		int(time.now().unix()))!
+}
+
+fn (mut app App) add_imported_issue_returning_id(repo_id int, author_id int, title string, text string, created_at int) !int {
 	issue := Issue{
 		title:      title
 		text:       text
 		repo_id:    repo_id
 		author_id:  author_id
-		created_at: int(time.now().unix())
+		created_at: created_at
 	}
 
 	sql app.db {
-- 
2.39.5