Re-implementing Time::nice() so it uses IntlDateFormatter

src/Utility/Time.php

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ namespace Cake\Utility;
 
 use Cake\Core\Configure;
 use Carbon\Carbon;
+use IntlDateFormatter;
 
 /**
  * Time Helper class for easy use of time data.
@@ -34,10 +35,10 @@ class Time extends Carbon {
  * The format should use the locale strings as defined in the PHP docs under
  * `strftime` (http://php.net/manual/en/function.strftime.php)
  *
- * @var string
- * @see \Cake\Utility\Time::format()
+ * @var mixed
+ * @see \Cake\Utility\Time::nice()
  */
-	public static $niceFormat = '%a, %b %eS %Y, %H:%M';
+	public static $niceFormat = [IntlDateFormatter::MEDIUM, IntlDateFormatter::SHORT];
 
 /**
  * The format to use when formatting a time using `Cake\Utility\Time::timeAgoInWords()`
@@ -93,11 +94,18 @@ class Time extends Carbon {
  *
  * @param int|string|\DateTime $dateString UNIX timestamp, strtotime() valid string or DateTime object
  * @param string|\DateTimeZone $timezone Timezone string or DateTimeZone object
- * @param string $format The format to use. If null, `TimeHelper::$niceFormat` is used
  * @return string Formatted date string
  * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-libraries/helpers/time.html#TimeHelper::nice
  */
-	public function nice($date = null, $timezone = null, $format = null) {
+	public function nice($timezone = null) {
+		$time = $this;
+
+		if ($timezone) {
+			$time = clone $this;
+			$time->timezone($timezone);
+		}
+
+		return IntlDateFormatter::formatObject($time, static::$niceFormat);
 	}
 
 /**

tests/TestCase/Utility/TimeTest.php

@@ -357,39 +357,12 @@ class TimeTest extends TestCase {
  * @return void
  */
 	public function testNice() {
-		$time = time() + 2 * DAY;
-		$this->assertEquals(date('D, M jS Y, H:i', $time), $this->Time->nice($time));
+		$time = new Time('2014-04-20 20:00', 'UTC');
+		$this->assertEquals('Apr 20, 2014, 8:00 PM', $time->nice());
 
-		$time = time() - 2 * DAY;
-		$this->assertEquals(date('D, M jS Y, H:i', $time), $this->Time->nice($time));
-
-		$time = time();
-		$this->assertEquals(date('D, M jS Y, H:i', $time), $this->Time->nice($time));
-
-		$time = 0;
-		$this->assertEquals(date('D, M jS Y, H:i', time()), $this->Time->nice($time));
-
-		$time = null;
-		$this->assertEquals(date('D, M jS Y, H:i', time()), $this->Time->nice($time));
-
-		$time = time();
-		$this->assertEquals(date('D', $time), $this->Time->nice($time, null, '%a'));
-		$this->assertEquals(date('M d, Y', $time), $this->Time->nice($time, null, '%b %d, %Y'));
-
-		Time::$niceFormat = '%Y-%d-%m';
-		$this->assertEquals(date('Y-d-m', $time), $this->Time->nice($time));
-		$this->assertEquals('%Y-%d-%m', Time::$niceFormat);
-
-		Time::$niceFormat = '%Y-%d-%m %H:%M';
-		$this->assertEquals(date('Y-d-m H:i', $time), $this->Time->nice($time));
-		$this->assertEquals('%Y-%d-%m %H:%M', Time::$niceFormat);
-
-		date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
-		$result = $this->Time->nice(null, 'America/New_York');
-		$expected = $this->Time->nice(time(), 'America/New_York');
-		$this->assertEquals(substr($expected, 0, -1), substr($result, 0, -1));
-
-		$this->_restoreSystemTimezone();
+		$result = $time->nice('America/New_York');
+		$this->assertEquals('Apr 20, 2014, 4:00 PM', $result);
+		$this->assertEquals('UTC', $time->getTimezone()->getName());
 	}
 
 /**