#178 - explicit support for telling if the Www date should be same, earlier than the first day of the week or later than the last day of the week

- syntax W1 W1- W1+

Author: SebastianMC

src/custom-sort/matchers.ts

@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ export const DOT_SEPARATOR = '.' // ASCII 46
 export const DASH_SEPARATOR = '-'
 
 const SLASH_SEPARATOR = '/' // ASCII 47, right before ASCII 48 = '0'
-const COLON_SEPARATOR = ':' // ASCII 58, first non-digit character
+const GT_SEPARATOR = '>' // ASCII 62, alphabetical sorting in Collator puts it after /
 const PIPE_SEPARATOR = '|'  // ASCII 124
 
 const EARLIER_THAN_SLASH_SEPARATOR = DOT_SEPARATOR
-const LATER_THAN_SLASH_SEPARATOR = COLON_SEPARATOR
+const LATER_THAN_SLASH_SEPARATOR = GT_SEPARATOR
 
 export const DEFAULT_NORMALIZATION_PLACES = 8;  // Fixed width of a normalized number (with leading zeros)
 
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ const YEAR_IDX = 1
 const WEEK_IDX = 2
 const MONTH_IDX = 3
 const DAY_IDX = 4
-const RELATIVE_ORDER_IDX = 3  // For the yyyy-Www only: yyyy-Www> or yyyy-Www<
+const RELATIVE_ORDER_IDX = 3  // For the yyyy-Www only: yyyy-Www- or yyyy-Www+
 
 const DECEMBER = 12
 const JANUARY = 1

src/test/int/dates-in-names.int.test.ts

@@ -236,6 +236,53 @@ describe('sortFolderItems', () => {
             "------.md"
         ])
     })
+    it('should correctly order the week number with specifiers', () => {
+        // given
+        const processor: SortingSpecProcessor = new SortingSpecProcessor()
+        const sortSpecTxt =
+            `
+   /+ \\[yyyy-Www]
+   /+ \\[yyyy-mm-dd]
+     > a-z
+`
+        const PARENT_PATH = 'parent/folder/path'
+        const sortSpecsCollection = processor.parseSortSpecFromText(
+            sortSpecTxt.split('\n'),
+            PARENT_PATH,
+            'file name with the sorting, irrelevant here'
+        )
+
+        const folder: TFolder = mockTFolder(PARENT_PATH,[
+            // ISO and U.S. standard for 2025 give the same week numbers (remark for clarity)
+            mockTFile('2025-03-09', 'md'),   // sunday of W10
+            mockTFile('2025-W11-', 'md'),  // earlier than monday of W11
+            mockTFile('2025-03-10', 'md'),  // monday W11
+            mockTFile('2025-W11', 'md'),  // monday of W11
+            mockTFile('2025-03-16', 'md'), // sunday W11
+            mockTFile('2025-W11+', 'md'), // later than sunday W11  // expected
+            mockTFile('2025-03-17', 'md'), // monday of W12
+        ])
+
+        const sortSpec: CustomSortSpec = sortSpecsCollection?.sortSpecByPath![PARENT_PATH]!
+
+        const ctx: ProcessingContext = {}
+
+        // when
+        const result: Array<TAbstractFile> = sortFolderItems(folder, folder.children, sortSpec, ctx, OS_alphabetical)
+
+        // then
+        // U.S. standard of weeks  numbering
+        const orderedNames = result.map(f => f.name)
+        expect(orderedNames).toEqual([
+            "2025-03-17.md",
+            '2025-W11+.md',
+            "2025-03-16.md",
+            '2025-W11.md',
+            "2025-03-10.md",
+            "2025-W11-.md",
+            "2025-03-09.md",
+        ])
+    })
 })
 
 

src/test/unit/matchers.spec.ts

@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ describe('getNormalizedDate_yyyy_Www_NormalizerFn', () => {
     */
 	const params = [
 		['2012-W1',  '2011-12-26//'],
-		['2012-W1+', '2012-01-01:/'],
+		['2012-W1+', '2012-01-01>/'],
 		['2012-W1-', '2011-12-26./'],
 	];
 	it.each(params)('>%s< should become %s', (s: string, out: string) => {