Added option to ignore old items in the news feed module

Outdated news items can be omitted via the ignoreOldItems and the ignoreOlderThan option.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 - Added hideLoading option for News Feed module
 - Added configurable dateFormat to clock module.
 - Added multiple calendar icon support.
+- Added `ignoreOldItems` and `ignoreOlderThan` options to the News Feed module
 
 ### Fixed
 - Update .gitignore to not ignore default modules folder.

modules/default/newsfeed/README.md

@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ The following properties can be configured:
 | `updateInterval`  | How often do you want to display a new headline? (Milliseconds) <br><br> **Possible values:**`1000` - `60000` <br> **Default value:** `10000` (10 seconds)
 | `animationSpeed`  | Speed of the update animation. (Milliseconds) <br><br> **Possible values:**`0` - `5000` <br> **Default value:** `2500` (2.5 seconds)
 | `maxNewsItems`    | Total amount of news items to cycle through. (0 for unlimited) <br><br> **Possible values:**`0` - `...` <br> **Default value:** `0`
+| `ignoreOldItems`  | Ignore news items that are outdated. <br><br> **Possible values:**`true` or `false <br> **Default value:** `false`
+| `ignoreOlderThan` | How old should news items be before they are considered outdated? (Milliseconds) <br><br> **Possible values:**`1` - `...` <br> **Default value:** `86400000` (1 day)
 | `removeStartTags` | Some newsfeeds feature tags at the **beginning** of their titles or descriptions, such as _[VIDEO]_. This setting allows for the removal of specified tags from the beginning of an item's description and/or title. <br><br> **Possible values:**`'title'`, `'description'`, `'both'`
 | `startTags`       | List the tags you would like to have removed at the beginning of the feed item <br><br> **Possible values:** `['TAG']` or `['TAG1','TAG2',...]`
 | `removeEndTags`   | Remove specified tags from the **end** of an item's description and/or title. <br><br> **Possible values:**`'title'`, `'description'`, `'both'`

modules/default/newsfeed/newsfeed.js

@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ Module.register("newsfeed",{
 		updateInterval: 10 * 1000,
 		animationSpeed: 2.5 * 1000,
 		maxNewsItems: 0, // 0 for unlimited
+		ignoreOldItems: false,
+		ignoreOlderThan: 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000, // 1 day
 		removeStartTags: "",
 		removeEndTags: "",
 		startTags: [],
@@ -226,7 +228,9 @@ Module.register("newsfeed",{
 				for (var i in feedItems) {
 					var item = feedItems[i];
 					item.sourceTitle = this.titleForFeed(feed);
-					newsItems.push(item);
+					if (!(this.config.ignoreOldItems && ((Date.now() - new Date(item.pubdate)) > this.config.ignoreOlderThan))) {
+						newsItems.push(item);
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}