1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/static/lib.js b/static/lib.js
index ab279353..1d42100c 100644
--- a/static/lib.js
+++ b/static/lib.js
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ function zip(...args) {
   NOTE that only the raw `get' (and NOT the `getUTC') methods
   should be used on these objects, and that the reported timezone
   is quite often wrong.
+
+  TODO The years between 0 and 100 (inclusive) gives dates in the twentieth
+  century, due to how javascript works (...).
  */
 
 function parseDate(str) {
@@ -117,7 +120,16 @@ function setVar(str, val) {
 }
 
 
+function asList(thing) {
+    if (thing instanceof Array) {
+        return thing;
+    } else {
+        return [thing];
+    }
+}
+
 
+/* internal */
 function datepad(thing, width=2) {
     return (thing + "").padStart(width, "0");
 }
@@ -147,7 +159,7 @@ function format_date(date, str) {
     }
     return outstr;
 }
-Object.prototype.format = function () { return this; } /* any number of arguments */
+Object.prototype.format = function () { return "" + this; } /* any number of arguments */
 Date.prototype.format = function (str) { return format_date (this, str); }
 
 /*