Date detection does not work

[bryanmatthewsimonson]

I have tested this script on two articles (https://www.wsj.com/tech/corning-fiber-optics-ai-e045ba3b, https://steve-yegge.medium.com/the-anthropic-hive-mind-d01f768f3d7b) and in both cases the publish date was "Unknown Date" and is not editable. The date needs to be editable for this reason, and the date detection needs to be better by default.

I've analyzed this issue and here's my proposed implementation plan:

Problem Analysis

The extractPublishedDate() function currently checks a limited set of sources:

• JSON-LD structured data (only Article, NewsArticle, BlogPosting types)
• Three meta tag selectors (article:published_time, publication_date, date)
• Time elements only within article or .post containers

This misses many patterns used by sites like WSJ and Medium. Additionally, the date field in the reader view is read-only even in edit mode.

Proposed Changes (all in nostr-article-capture.user.js)

1. Expand date detection in extractPublishedDate() (line ~704):

   • Support nested JSON-LD @graph arrays, and check more @type values (WebPage, Report, MediaObject, etc.)
   • Also look for dateCreated and dateModified as fallbacks when datePublished is missing
   • Add more meta tag selectors: meta[name="pubdate"], meta[name="publishdate"], meta[name="DC.date.issued"], meta[property="og:article:published_time"], meta[name="sailthru.date"], meta[name="parsely-pub-date"], meta[itemprop="datePublished"]
   • Broaden time element selector to match time[datetime] anywhere on the page, not just inside article or .post
   • Add a regex-based fallback that searches for date-like patterns in visible text near the article header

2. Make the date editable (line ~1338 and ~1400):

   • Replace the date <span> with an <input type="date"> that is disabled by default
   • In toggleEditMode(), enable/disable the date input alongside title and content
   • When exiting edit mode, parse the date input value and update ReaderView.article.publishedAt
   • Ensure the updated date flows through to EventBuilder.buildArticleEvent() (line ~1216) when publishing

This approach addresses both parts of the issue: better automatic detection, and manual override when detection fails.

Please mention @roomote in a comment saying that you approve this plan, and I'll proceed with the implementation.