From feeb6a9abaa9c8087a0ae5e43d585cc6b3cc4bb1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dzonerzy <dzonerzy@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 21:36:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Sort articles and advisories by date (newest first)

---
 tools/index_gen/indexgen.py | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/index_gen/indexgen.py b/tools/index_gen/indexgen.py
index e115ed1..33ce098 100644
--- a/tools/index_gen/indexgen.py
+++ b/tools/index_gen/indexgen.py
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ import glob
 import yaml
 import sys
 import os
+from dateutil import parser as dateparser
+
+def parse_date(date_value):
+    """Parse date from string or return date object as-is."""
+    if isinstance(date_value, (datetime.date, datetime.datetime)):
+        return date_value
+    if isinstance(date_value, str) and date_value:
+        return dateparser.parse(date_value)
+    return datetime.datetime.min
 
 def directory_exists(directory) -> bool:
     return os.path.exists(directory)
@@ -27,6 +36,8 @@ def find_articles(resources) -> list:
                 #  append link to the article
                 article_data['link'] = f"/articles/{os.path.basename(article).replace('.md', '.html')}"
                 articles.append(article_data)
+    # Sort by date, newest first
+    articles.sort(key=lambda x: parse_date(x.get('date')), reverse=True)
     return articles
 
 def find_advisories(resources) -> list:
@@ -44,6 +55,8 @@ def find_advisories(resources) -> list:
                 #  append link to the advisory
                 advisory_data['link'] = f"/advisory/{os.path.basename(advisory)}"
                 advisories.append(advisory_data)
+    # Sort by date, newest first
+    advisories.sort(key=lambda x: parse_date(x.get('date')), reverse=True)
     return advisories
 
 def find_projects(resources) -> list:
@@ -67,7 +80,7 @@ def main(args):
     parser.add_argument("--blog-title", type=str, help="Title of the blog", required=True)
     parser.add_argument("--blog-author", type=str, help="Author of the blog", required=True)
     args = parser.parse_args(args)
-     
+
     # check if the resources directory exists
     resources = args.resources
 
@@ -77,7 +90,7 @@ def main(args):
 
     articles = find_articles(resources)
     advisories = find_advisories(resources)
-    projects = find_projects(resources) 
+    projects = find_projects(resources)
     blog = {
         'title': args.blog_title,
         'author': args.blog_author,
@@ -92,4 +105,4 @@ def main(args):
             file.write(tmpl.render(articles=articles, advisories=advisories, projects=projects, blog=blog))
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main(sys.argv[1:])
\ No newline at end of file
+    main(sys.argv[1:])