set timezone of scanned creation time

- the empty file is needed for unit tests to force
  an exception on the try to scan the first line
  for an timestamp

app/src/web/log_files.py

@@ -1,26 +1,58 @@
 from quart import render_template
-from quart_babel import format_datetime, format_decimal
+from quart_babel import format_datetime, format_decimal, _
 from quart.helpers import send_from_directory
 from werkzeug.utils import secure_filename
 from cnf.config import Config
+from datetime import datetime
+from os import DirEntry
 import os
+from dateutil import tz
 
 from . import web
 
 
-def _get_file(file):
+def _get_birth_from_log(path: str) -> None | datetime:
+    '''read timestamp from the first line of a log file'''
+    dt = None
+    try:
+        with open(path) as f:
+            first_line = f.readline()
+            first_line = first_line.lstrip("'")
+            fmt = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" if first_line[4] == '-' \
+                else "%d-%m-%Y %H:%M:%S"
+            dt = datetime.strptime(first_line[0:19], fmt). \
+                replace(tzinfo=tz.tzlocal())
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+    return dt
+
+
+def _get_file(file: DirEntry) -> dict:
     '''build one row for the connection table'''
     entry = {}
     entry['name'] = file.name
     stat = file.stat()
     entry['size'] = format_decimal(stat.st_size)
-    entry['date'] = stat.st_mtime
+    try:
-    entry['created'] = format_datetime(stat.st_ctime, format="short")
+        dt = stat.st_birthtime
+
+    except Exception:
+        dt = _get_birth_from_log(file.path)
+
+    if dt:
+        entry['created'] = format_datetime(dt, format="short")
+
+        # sort by creating date, if available
+        entry['date'] = dt if isinstance(dt, float) else dt.timestamp()
+    else:
+        entry['created'] = _('n/a')
+        entry['date'] = stat.st_mtime
+
     entry['modified'] = format_datetime(stat.st_mtime, format="short")
     return entry
 
 
-def get_list_data():
+def get_list_data() -> list:
     '''build the connection table'''
     file_list = []
     with os.scandir(Config.get_log_path()) as it:

app/tests/test_web_route.py

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ from cnf.config import Config
 from mock import patch
 from proxy import Proxy
 import os, errno
+from os import DirEntry, stat_result
+import datetime
 
 pytest_plugins = ('pytest_asyncio',)
 
@@ -201,14 +203,33 @@ async def test_notes_fetch(client, config_conn):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_file_fetch(client, config_conn):
+async def test_file_fetch(client, config_conn, monkeypatch):
     """Test the data-fetch route."""
     _ = config_conn
     assert Config.log_path == 'app/tests/log/'
+    def my_stat1(*arg):
+        stat = stat_result
+        stat.st_size = 20
+        stat.st_birthtime = datetime.datetime(2024, 1, 31, 10, 30, 15)
+        stat.st_mtime = datetime.datetime(2024, 1, 1, 1, 30, 15).timestamp()
+        return stat
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(DirEntry, "stat", my_stat1)
     response = await client.get('/file-fetch')
     assert response.status_code == 200
 
 
+    def my_stat2(*arg):
+        stat = stat_result
+        stat.st_size = 20
+        stat.st_mtime = datetime.datetime(2024, 1, 1, 1, 30, 15).timestamp()
+        return stat
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(DirEntry, "stat", my_stat2)
+    monkeypatch.delattr(stat_result, "st_birthtime")
+    response = await client.get('/file-fetch')
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_send_file(client, config_conn):
     """Test the send-file route."""