added d function to create date fields more easily

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/client/util/type_decls.d b/src/client/util/type_decls.d
index 2cbe1dd40..1f95af00c 100644
--- a/src/client/util/type_decls.d
+++ b/src/client/util/type_decls.d
@@ -204,3 +204,5 @@ declare const Docs: {
     TreeDocument(documents: Doc[], options?: DocumentOptions): Doc;
     StackingDocument(documents: Doc[], options?: DocumentOptions): Doc;
 };
+
+declare function d(...args:any[]):any;
diff --git a/src/new_fields/DateField.ts b/src/new_fields/DateField.ts
index fc8abb9d9..abec91e06 100644
--- a/src/new_fields/DateField.ts
+++ b/src/new_fields/DateField.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ import { Deserializable } from "../client/util/SerializationHelper";
 import { serializable, date } from "serializr";
 import { ObjectField } from "./ObjectField";
 import { Copy, ToScriptString } from "./FieldSymbols";
+import { scriptingGlobal, Scripting } from "../client/util/Scripting";
 
+@scriptingGlobal
 @Deserializable("date")
 export class DateField extends ObjectField {
     @serializable(date())
@@ -21,3 +23,7 @@ export class DateField extends ObjectField {
         return `new DateField(new Date(${this.date.toISOString()}))`;
     }
 }
+
+Scripting.addGlobal(function d(...dateArgs: any[]) {
+    return new DateField(new (Date as any)(...dateArgs));
+});