From line changed to Logged on <date> from

backend/app/services/plugin_manager.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import json
 import logging
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from urllib.error import HTTPError, URLError
 from urllib.parse import urlencode
 from urllib.request import Request
@@ -77,7 +78,19 @@ class MastodonPlugin(BasePlugin):
         if event.get('comment'):
             status_parts.append(event['comment'])
         if title:
-            status_parts.append(f'from: {event.get("url", "")}')
+            timestamp_value = event.get('timestamp') or event.get('created_at')
+            url = str(event.get('url', '') or '').strip()
+            if timestamp_value:
+                try:
+                    parsed = datetime.fromisoformat(str(timestamp_value).replace('Z', '+00:00'))
+                    if parsed.tzinfo is None:
+                        parsed = parsed.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+                    formatted = parsed.astimezone(timezone.utc).strftime('%Y %B %d - %H:%M')
+                    status_parts.append(f'Logged on {formatted} from: {url}')
+                except ValueError:
+                    status_parts.append(f'Logged from: {url}')
+            else:
+                status_parts.append(f'Logged from: {url}')
         if event.get('tags'):
             status_parts.append(' '.join(event['tags']))
         post_body = '\n\n'.join(status_parts)

backend/tests/test_api.py

@@ -885,6 +885,7 @@ def test_link_submission_posts_to_enabled_mastodon_plugin():
                 'title': 'A useful page',
                 'url': 'https://example.com/useful',
                 'comment': 'Worth sharing',
+                'timestamp': '2026-08-29T21:10:00Z',
                 'tags': ['#python', '#web'],
             })
 
@@ -892,7 +893,7 @@ def test_link_submission_posts_to_enabled_mastodon_plugin():
         assert received['path'] == '/api/v1/statuses'
         assert received['authorization'] == 'Bearer test-token'
         assert received['content_type'] == 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
-        assert received['body'] == {'status': ['From my #LinkLog:\n\nA useful page\n\nWorth sharing\n\nfrom: https://example.com/useful\n\n#python #web']}
+        assert received['body'] == {'status': ['From my #LinkLog:\n\nA useful page\n\nWorth sharing\n\nLogged on 2026 August 29 - 21:10 from: https://example.com/useful\n\n#python #web']}
         posted_item = next(item for item in client.get('/api/public/feed/alice', headers=headers).json() if item['id'] == response.json()['id'])
         assert posted_item['mastodon_posted'] is True
     finally: