Consistently handle the 'smart' display of default/never dates.

classes/Counters.php

@@ -191,10 +191,6 @@ class Counters {
 				$ts = 0;
 			}
 
-			// hide default un-updated timestamp i.e. 1970-01-01 (?) -fox
-			if ((int)date('Y') - (int)date('Y', strtotime($line['last_updated'] ?? '')) > 2)
-				$last_updated = '';
-
 			$cv = [
 				"id" => $id,
 				"updated" => $last_updated,

classes/Feeds.php

@@ -152,8 +152,7 @@ class Feeds extends Handler_Protected {
 		$feed_title = $qfh_ret[1];
 		$feed_site_url = $qfh_ret[2];
 		$last_error = $qfh_ret[3];
-		$last_updated = str_contains($qfh_ret[4] ?? "", '1970-') ?
-			__("Never") : TimeHelper::make_local_datetime($qfh_ret[4], false);
+		$last_updated = TimeHelper::make_local_datetime($qfh_ret[4], false);
 		$highlight_words = $qfh_ret[5];
 		$reply['first_id'] = $qfh_ret[6];
 		$reply['is_vfeed'] = $qfh_ret[7];

classes/TimeHelper.php

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 class TimeHelper {
 
 	static function smart_date_time(int $timestamp, int $tz_offset = 0, ?int $owner_uid = null, bool $eta_min = false): string {
+		// i.e. if the Unix epoch
+		if ($timestamp - $tz_offset === 0)
+			return __('Never');
+
 		if (!$owner_uid) $owner_uid = $_SESSION['uid'];
 		$profile = isset($_SESSION['uid']) && $owner_uid == $_SESSION['uid'] && isset($_SESSION['profile']) ? $_SESSION['profile'] : null;