use crate::DateClassification;
use alloc::string::String;
use alloc::vec::Vec;
/// Returns a small list of candidate format strings specifically for a few syslog formats.
pub(crate) fn generate_syslog_candidates(class: &DateClassification) -> Vec<String> {
let mut candidates = Vec::with_capacity(4);
let day_variants = ["%d", "%e"];
for &day in &day_variants {
// Full time with seconds (%H:%M:%S) → exactly 2 colons in the time part
if class.num_colon >= 2 {
candidates.push(alloc::format!("%Y %b {day} %H:%M:%S"));
}
// Short time without seconds (%H:%M) → exactly 1 colon in the time part
if class.num_colon == 1 {
candidates.push(alloc::format!("%Y %b {day} %H:%M"));
}
}
candidates
}