Get default date/time format from default settings

lua/date-time-inserter/init.lua

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ local function validate_date_format(date_format)
     -- Check if the date format has the correct length.
     if string.len(date_format) ~= 8 then
         print("INVALID_DATE_FORMAT: Date format must be 8 characters long (e.g. MMDDYYYY).")
-        return "MMDDYYYY"
+        return settings.date_format
     end
 
     -- Check wheter the date format contains all the required characters.
@@ -32,31 +32,31 @@ local function validate_date_format(date_format)
         print(
             "INVALID_DATE_FORMAT: Date format must contain the characters M, D and Y (e.g. MMDDYYYY)."
         )
-        return "MMDDYYYY"
+        return settings.date_format
     end
 
     -- Check if the date format contains the string 'DD' once.
     if string.find(date_format, "DD") == nil then
         print(
             'INVALID_DATE_FORMAT: Date format must contain exactly one occurrence of the "DD" string (e.g. MMDDYYYY).'
         )
-        return "MMDDYYYY"
+        return settings.date_format
     end
 
     -- Check if the date format contains the string 'MM' once.
     if string.find(date_format, "MM") == nil then
         print(
             'INVALID_DATE_FORMAT: Date format must contain exactly one occurrence of the "MM" string (e.g. MMDDYYYY).'
         )
-        return "MMDDYYYY"
+        return settings.date_format
     end
 
     -- Check if the date format contains the string 'YYYY' once.
     if string.find(date_format, "YYYY") == nil then
         print(
             'INVALID_DATE_FORMAT: Date format must contain exactly one occurrence of the "YYYY" string (e.g. MMDDYYYY).'
         )
-        return "MMDDYYYY"
+        return settings.date_format
     end
 
     return date_format
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ end
 local function validate_time_format(time_format)
     if time_format ~= 12 and time_format ~= 24 then
         print("INVALID_TIME_FORMAT: Time format must be either 12 or 24.")
-        return 12
+        return settings.time_format
     end
 
     return time_format