Prevent event from being created in the past (or edited to be in the past)

src/buttons/event-creation/dateTimeUtils.ts

@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ const parseEventDate = (preParsedEventDate: string): [string, string, string] =>
 };
 
 // Take full raw Date/Time input and convert it to a proper Date
-export const getDateFromRawInput = (rawEventTime: string, rawEventTimeZone: string, rawEventDate: string): [Date, string] => {
+export const getDateFromRawInput = (rawEventTime: string, rawEventTimeZone: string, rawEventDate: string): [Date, string, boolean] => {
 	// Verify/Set Time
 	const [parsedEventTimeHours, parsedEventTimeMinutes, parsedEventTimePeriod] = parseEventTime(rawEventTime.replaceAll(':', '').toUpperCase());
 
@@ -164,10 +164,12 @@ export const getDateFromRawInput = (rawEventTime: string, rawEventTimeZone: stri
 	// Verify/Set Date
 	const [parsedEventYear, parsedEventMonth, parsedEventDay] = parseEventDate(rawEventDate.trim().toUpperCase());
 
+	const parsedDateTime = new Date(`${parsedEventMonth} ${parsedEventDay}, ${parsedEventYear} ${parsedEventTimeHours}:${parsedEventTimeMinutes} ${parsedEventTimePeriod} ${parsedEventTimeZone}`);
 	return [
-		new Date(`${parsedEventMonth} ${parsedEventDay}, ${parsedEventYear} ${parsedEventTimeHours}:${parsedEventTimeMinutes} ${parsedEventTimePeriod} ${parsedEventTimeZone}`),
+		parsedDateTime,
 		`${parsedEventTimeHours}${parsedEventTimePeriod ? ':' : ''}${parsedEventTimeMinutes} ${parsedEventTimePeriod} ${userInputTimeZone} ${parsedEventMonth.slice(0, 1)}${
 			parsedEventMonth.slice(1, 3).toLowerCase()
 		} ${parsedEventDay}, ${parsedEventYear}`,
+		parsedDateTime.getTime() > new Date().getTime(),
 	];
 };

src/buttons/event-creation/step2-finalize.ts

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ const execute = async (bot: Bot, interaction: Interaction) => {
 		}
 
 		// Get Date Object from user input
-		const [eventDateTime, eventDateTimeStr] = getDateFromRawInput(rawEventTime, rawEventTimeZone, rawEventDate); // TODO: verify dt
+		const [eventDateTime, eventDateTimeStr, eventInFuture] = getDateFromRawInput(rawEventTime, rawEventTimeZone, rawEventDate); // TODO: verify dt
 
 		addTokenToMap(bot, interaction, interaction.guildId, interaction.channelId, interaction.member.id);
 		bot.helpers.sendInteractionResponse(
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ const execute = async (bot: Bot, interaction: Interaction) => {
 				}],
 				[],
 				customIdIdxPath,
-				true,
+				eventInFuture,
 			),
 		).catch((e: Error) => utils.commonLoggers.interactionSendError('step2-finalize.ts', interaction, e));
 	} else {

src/buttons/event-creation/utils.ts

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
 	requestToJoinEventBtnStr,
 } from '../eventUtils.ts';
 import { selfDestructMessage } from '../tokenCleanup.ts';
-import { successColor } from '../../commandUtils.ts';
+import { successColor, warnColor } from '../../commandUtils.ts';
 import { LFGMember } from '../../types/commandTypes.ts';
 import { customId as gameSelCustomId } from './step1-gameSelection.ts';
 import { customId as createEventCustomId } from './step3-createEvent.ts';
@@ -56,22 +56,29 @@ export const generateActionRow = (baseValue: string, activities: Array<Activity>
 const createEventBtnName = 'Create Event';
 const createWhitelistedBtnName = 'Create Whitelisted Event';
 const editEventDetailsBtnName = 'Edit Event Details';
-const finalizeButtons = (idxPath: string): [ButtonComponent, ButtonComponent, ButtonComponent] => [{
+const finalizeButtons = (idxPath: string, eventInFuture: boolean): [ButtonComponent, ButtonComponent, ButtonComponent] | [ButtonComponent] => {
-	type: MessageComponentTypes.Button,
+	const editButton: ButtonComponent = {
-	label: createEventBtnName,
+		type: MessageComponentTypes.Button,
-	style: ButtonStyles.Success,
+		label: editEventDetailsBtnName,
-	customId: createEventCustomId,
+		style: ButtonStyles.Secondary,
-}, {
+		customId: `${gameSelCustomId}${idSeparator}${idxPath}${pathIdxEnder}`,
-	type: MessageComponentTypes.Button,
+	};
-	label: createWhitelistedBtnName,
+	if (eventInFuture) {
-	style: ButtonStyles.Primary,
+		return [{
-	customId: `${createEventCustomId}${idSeparator}`,
+			type: MessageComponentTypes.Button,
-}, {
+			label: createEventBtnName,
-	type: MessageComponentTypes.Button,
+			style: ButtonStyles.Success,
-	label: editEventDetailsBtnName,
+			customId: createEventCustomId,
-	style: ButtonStyles.Secondary,
+		}, {
-	customId: `${gameSelCustomId}${idSeparator}${idxPath}${pathIdxEnder}`,
+			type: MessageComponentTypes.Button,
-}];
+			label: createWhitelistedBtnName,
+			style: ButtonStyles.Primary,
+			customId: `${createEventCustomId}${idSeparator}`,
+		}, editButton];
+	} else {
+		return [editButton];
+	}
+};
 
 export const generateLFGButtons = (whitelist: boolean): [ButtonComponent, ButtonComponent, ButtonComponent, ButtonComponent, ButtonComponent] => [{
 	type: MessageComponentTypes.Button,
@@ -119,21 +126,19 @@ export const createLFGPost = (
 	memberList: Array<LFGMember>,
 	alternateList: Array<LFGMember>,
 	idxPath: string,
-	editing: boolean,
+	eventInFuture: boolean,
-	whitelist = false,
 ): InteractionResponse => {
 	const icsDetails = `${category}: ${activity.name}`;
 	return {
 		type: InteractionResponseTypes.ChannelMessageWithSource,
 		data: {
-			flags: editing ? ApplicationCommandFlags.Ephemeral : undefined,
+			flags: ApplicationCommandFlags.Ephemeral,
-			content: editing
+			content: eventInFuture
-				? `Please verify the information below, then click on the \`${createEventBtnName}\` or \`${createWhitelistedBtnName}\` button, or change the event \`Date/Time\` or \`Description\` with the ${editEventDetailsBtnName} button below. \n\n${
+				? `Please verify the information below, then click on the \`${createEventBtnName}\` or \`${createWhitelistedBtnName}\` button, or change the event \`Date/Time\` or \`Description\` with the \`${editEventDetailsBtnName}\` button below. \n\n${selfDestructMessage(new Date().getTime())
-					selfDestructMessage(new Date().getTime())
 				}`
-				: '',
+				: `You cannot create an event in the past.  Please change the event's \`Date/Time\` to be in the future with the \`${editEventDetailsBtnName}\` button below.`,
 			embeds: [{
-				color: successColor,
+				color: eventInFuture ? successColor : warnColor,
 				fields: [{
 					name: `${category}:`,
 					value: activity.name,
@@ -166,7 +171,7 @@ export const createLFGPost = (
 			}],
 			components: [{
 				type: MessageComponentTypes.ActionRow,
-				components: editing ? finalizeButtons(idxPath) : generateLFGButtons(whitelist),
+				components: finalizeButtons(idxPath, eventInFuture),
 			}],
 		},
 	};

src/buttons/live-event/applyDateTime.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { ApplicationCommandFlags, Bot, Interaction, InteractionResponseTypes } from '../../../deps.ts';
-import { somethingWentWrong } from '../../commandUtils.ts';
+import { somethingWentWrong, warnColor } from '../../commandUtils.ts';
 import { eventDateId, eventTimeId, eventTimeZoneId, idSeparator, LfgEmbedIndexes, pathIdxEnder, pathIdxSeparator } from '../eventUtils.ts';
 import { addTokenToMap } from '../tokenCleanup.ts';
 import utils from '../../utils.ts';
@@ -32,7 +32,25 @@ const execute = async (bot: Bot, interaction: Interaction) => {
 		}
 
 		// Get Date Object from user input
-		const [eventDateTime, eventDateTimeStr] = getDateFromRawInput(newTime, newTimeZone, newDate); // TODO: verify dt
+		const [eventDateTime, eventDateTimeStr, eventInFuture] = getDateFromRawInput(newTime, newTimeZone, newDate); // TODO: verify dt
+		if (!eventInFuture) {
+			bot.helpers.sendInteractionResponse(interaction.id, interaction.token, {
+				type: InteractionResponseTypes.ChannelMessageWithSource,
+				data: {
+					flags: ApplicationCommandFlags.Ephemeral,
+					embeds: [{
+						color: warnColor,
+						title: 'You cannot create an event in the past.',
+						description: 'Please dismiss this message and try again with a date in the future',
+						fields: [{
+							name: 'Date/Time Entered:',
+							value: generateTimeFieldStr(eventDateTimeStr, eventDateTime),
+						}],
+					}],
+				},
+			}).catch((e: Error) => utils.commonLoggers.interactionSendError('applyDateTime.ts', interaction, e));
+			return;
+		}
 
 		if (eventMessage && eventMessage.embeds[0].fields) {
 			// eventMessage.embeds[0].fields[LfgEmbedIndexes.Description].value = newDescription || noDescProvided;