fix delimiter for .

code/handlers/splhandler.lua

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 local db = require("lapis.db")
+local to_json = require("lapis.util").to_json
 
 local autoload = require("lapis.util").autoload
 local models = autoload("models")
@@ -70,17 +71,35 @@ function Splhandler(self)
   end
 
   -- we have to split the `hr:min:sec` and `month/day/year` strings from SPL
-  local function Split(s, delimiter)
-    local result = {}
-    for match in (s..delimiter):gmatch("(.-)"..delimiter) do
-        table.insert(result, match)
+  -- and since SPL uses both "." and "-" for dates .. somehow .. we have to do more dirty tricks ..
+  local function Split(s, delimiters)
+
+    for i, delimiter in ipairs(delimiters) do
+      print(delimiter)
+      local result = {}
+
+      if delimiter == "." then
+        for match in string.gmatch(s, "[^%.]+") do
+          table.insert(result, match)
+        end
+      else
+        for match in (s..delimiter):gmatch("(.-)"..delimiter) do
+            table.insert(result, match)
+        end
+      end
+
+      if table.getn(result) == 3 then
+        return result
+      else
+        print("something is wrong: ".. s)
+      end
+
     end
-    return result
   end
 
-  local split_airtime = Split(airtime, ":")
+  local split_airtime = Split(airtime, {":"})
   local airtime_hr, airtime_min, airtime_sec = split_airtime[1], split_airtime[2], split_airtime[3]
-  local split_airdate = Split(airdate, "/")
+  local split_airdate = Split(airdate, {"-", "."})
   local airdate_month, airdate_day, airdate_year = split_airdate[1], split_airdate[2], split_airdate[3]
   local airtime_stamp = os.time{year=airdate_year, month=airdate_month, day=airdate_day, hour=airtime_hr, min=airtime_min, sec=airtime_sec}