Fixed zeroed timestamps being recorded for statistics and added a script to fill in the missing data.

app/Console/Commands/FixYearZeroLogs.php

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Console\Commands;
+
+use Carbon\Carbon;
+use App\ResourceLogItem;
+use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+
+class FixYearZeroLogs extends Command
+{
+    /**
+     * The name and signature of the console command.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $signature = 'poni:year-zero';
+
+    /**
+     * The console command description.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $description = 'Fills in missing timestamps in the resource_log_items table.';
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new command instance.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        parent::__construct();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute the console command.
+     *
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function handle()
+    {
+        $items = ResourceLogItem::where('created_at', '0000-00-00 00:00:00')->orderBy('id', 'asc')->get();
+        $totalItems = $items->count();
+
+        // calculate the start and end of the logging gap
+        $lastGoodId = (int) $items[0]->id - 1;
+        $lastGoodItem = ResourceLogItem::find($lastGoodId);
+
+        $lastGoodDate = $lastGoodItem->created_at;
+        $now = Carbon::now();
+
+        $secondsDifference = $now->diffInSeconds($lastGoodDate);
+        $oneInterval = $secondsDifference / $totalItems;
+
+        $this->info('Correcting records...');
+        $bar = $this->output->createProgressBar($totalItems);
+
+        foreach ($items as $i => $item) {
+            $bar->advance();
+            $dateOffset = (int) ($oneInterval * $i);
+            $item->created_at = $lastGoodDate->copy()->addSeconds($dateOffset);
+            $item->save();
+        }
+
+        $bar->finish();
+        $this->line('');
+        $this->info('All done!');
+    }
+}

app/Console/Kernel.php

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class Kernel extends ConsoleKernel
         \App\Console\Commands\ImportMLPMA::class,
         \App\Console\Commands\ClassifyMLPMA::class,
         \App\Console\Commands\RebuildTags::class,
+        \App\Console\Commands\FixYearZeroLogs::class,
     ];
 
     /**

app/ResourceLogItem.php

@@ -3,14 +3,16 @@
 namespace App;
 
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Request;
+use Carbon\Carbon;
+use Auth;
+use DB;
+use Request;
 
 class ResourceLogItem extends Model
 {
     protected $table = 'resource_log_items';
     public $timestamps = false;
+    protected $dates = ['created_at'];
 
     const VIEW = 1;
     const DOWNLOAD = 2;
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ class ResourceLogItem extends Model
 
         $logItem = new ResourceLogItem();
         $logItem->{$resourceIdColumn} = $resourceId;
-        $logItem->created_at = time();
+        $logItem->created_at = Carbon::now();
         $logItem->log_type = $logType;
         $logItem->track_format_id = $formatId;
         $logItem->ip_address = Request::getClientIp();
@@ -81,4 +83,4 @@ class ResourceLogItem extends Model
             ]);
         }
     }
-}
+}