Merge branch 'MDL-22078_master' of https://github.com/dmonllao/moodle

admin/settings/courses.php

@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ if ($hassiteconfig or has_any_capability($capabilities, $systemcontext)) {
     $temp->add(new admin_setting_configselect('moodlecourse/coursedisplay', new lang_string('coursedisplay'),
         new lang_string('coursedisplay_help'), COURSE_DISPLAY_SINGLEPAGE, $choices));
 
+    $temp->add(new admin_setting_configduration('moodlecourse/courseduration', get_string('courseduration'),
+        get_string('courseduration_desc'), YEARSECS));
+
     // Appearance.
     $temp->add(new admin_setting_heading('appearancehdr', new lang_string('appearance'), ''));
 

admin/tool/uploadcourse/classes/course.php

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class tool_uploadcourse_course {
     protected $updatemode;
 
     /** @var array fields allowed as course data. */
-    static protected $validfields = array('fullname', 'shortname', 'idnumber', 'category', 'visible', 'startdate',
+    static protected $validfields = array('fullname', 'shortname', 'idnumber', 'category', 'visible', 'startdate', 'enddate',
         'summary', 'format', 'theme', 'lang', 'newsitems', 'showgrades', 'showreports', 'legacyfiles', 'maxbytes',
         'groupmode', 'groupmodeforce', 'groupmodeforce', 'enablecompletion');
 
@@ -587,6 +587,11 @@ class tool_uploadcourse_course {
             $coursedata['startdate'] = strtotime($coursedata['startdate']);
         }
 
+        // Course end date.
+        if (!empty($coursedata['enddate'])) {
+            $coursedata['enddate'] = strtotime($coursedata['enddate']);
+        }
+
         // Ultimate check mode vs. existence.
         switch ($mode) {
             case tool_uploadcourse_processor::MODE_CREATE_NEW:
@@ -636,6 +641,22 @@ class tool_uploadcourse_course {
             $this->do = self::DO_CREATE;
         }
 
+        // Validate course start and end dates.
+        if ($exists) {
+            // We also check existing start and end dates if we are updating an existing course.
+            $existingdata = $DB->get_record('course', array('shortname' => $this->shortname));
+            if (empty($coursedata['startdate'])) {
+                $coursedata['startdate'] = $existingdata->startdate;
+            }
+            if (empty($coursedata['enddate'])) {
+                $coursedata['enddate'] = $existingdata->enddate;
+            }
+        }
+        if ($errorcode = course_validate_dates($coursedata)) {
+            $this->error($errorcode, new lang_string($errorcode, 'error'));
+            return false;
+        }
+
         // Add role renaming.
         $errors = array();
         $rolenames = tool_uploadcourse_helper::get_role_names($this->rawdata, $errors);
@@ -897,6 +918,11 @@ class tool_uploadcourse_course {
         }
         $resetdata->reset_start_date_old = $course->startdate;
 
+        if (empty($course->enddate)) {
+            $course->enddate = $DB->get_field_select('course', 'enddate', 'id = :id', array('id' => $course->id));
+        }
+        $resetdata->reset_end_date_old = $course->enddate;
+
         // Add roles.
         $roles = tool_uploadcourse_helper::get_role_ids();
         $resetdata->unenrol_users = array_values($roles);

admin/tool/uploadcourse/classes/step2_form.php

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 
 defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
 
+require_once($CFG->dirroot . '/course/lib.php');
+
 /**
  * Specify course upload details.
  *
@@ -95,6 +97,9 @@ class tool_uploadcourse_step2_form extends tool_uploadcourse_base_form {
         $mform->addHelpButton('defaults[startdate]', 'startdate');
         $mform->setDefault('defaults[startdate]', time() + 3600 * 24);
 
+        $mform->addElement('date_selector', 'defaults[enddate]', get_string('enddate'), array('optional' => true));
+        $mform->addHelpButton('defaults[enddate]', 'enddate');
+
         $courseformats = get_sorted_course_formats(true);
         $formcourseformats = array();
         foreach ($courseformats as $courseformat) {
@@ -190,4 +195,37 @@ class tool_uploadcourse_step2_form extends tool_uploadcourse_base_form {
         $mform->closeHeaderBefore('buttonar');
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the enddate default after set_data is called.
+     */
+    public function definition_after_data() {
+
+        $mform = $this->_form;
+
+        // The default end date depends on the course format.
+        $format = course_get_format((object)array('format' => get_config('moodlecourse', 'format')));
+
+        $enddate = $format->get_default_course_enddate($mform, array('startdate' => 'defaults[startdate]'));
+        // We add 1 day like we do above in startdate.
+        $mform->setDefault('defaults[enddate]', $enddate + 3600 * 24);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Validation.
+     *
+     * @param array $data
+     * @param array $files
+     * @return array the errors that were found
+     */
+    public function validation($data, $files) {
+        global $DB;
+
+        $errors = parent::validation($data, $files);
+
+        if ($errorcode = course_validate_dates($data['defaults'])) {
+            $errors['defaults[enddate]'] = get_string($errorcode, 'error');
+        }
+
+        return $errors;
+    }
 }

admin/tool/uploadcourse/cli/uploadcourse.php

@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ if (!isset($encodings[$options['encoding']])) {
 $defaults = array();
 $defaults['category'] = $options['category'];
 $defaults['startdate'] = time() + 3600 * 24;
+$defaults['enddate'] = $defaults['startdate'] + intval(get_config('moodlecourse', 'courseduration'));
 $defaults['newsitems'] = $courseconfig->newsitems;
 $defaults['showgrades'] = $courseconfig->showgrades;
 $defaults['showreports'] = $courseconfig->showreports;

admin/tool/uploadcourse/index.php

@@ -104,7 +104,15 @@ if ($form2data = $mform2->is_cancelled()) {
     }
 
 } else {
-    $processor = new tool_uploadcourse_processor($cir, $form1data->options, array());
+    if (!empty($form1data)) {
+        $options = $form1data->options;
+    } else if ($submitteddata = $mform2->get_submitted_data()) {
+        $options = (array)$submitteddata->options;
+    } else {
+        // Weird but we still need to provide a value, setting the default step1_form one.
+        $options = array('mode' => tool_uploadcourse_processor::MODE_CREATE_NEW);
+    }
+    $processor = new tool_uploadcourse_processor($cir, $options, array());
     echo $OUTPUT->header();
     echo $OUTPUT->heading(get_string('uploadcoursespreview', 'tool_uploadcourse'));
     $processor->preview($previewrows, new tool_uploadcourse_tracker(tool_uploadcourse_tracker::OUTPUT_HTML));

admin/tool/uploadcourse/tests/course_test.php

@@ -244,7 +244,6 @@ class tool_uploadcourse_course_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
             'fullname' => 'Fullname',
             'category' => '1',
             'visible' => '0',
-            'startdate' => '8 June 1990',
             'idnumber' => '123abc',
             'summary' => 'Summary',
             'format' => 'weeks',
@@ -270,6 +269,20 @@ class tool_uploadcourse_course_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
             'enrolment_3_disable' => '1',
         );
 
+        // There should be a start date if there is a end date.
+        $data['enddate'] = '7 June 1990';
+        $co = new tool_uploadcourse_course($mode, $updatemode, $data);
+        $this->assertFalse($co->prepare());
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('nostartdatenoenddate', $co->get_errors());
+
+        $data['startdate'] = '8 June 1990';
+        $co = new tool_uploadcourse_course($mode, $updatemode, $data);
+        $this->assertFalse($co->prepare());
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('enddatebeforestartdate', $co->get_errors());
+
+        // They are correct now.
+        $data['enddate'] = '18 June 1990';
+
         $this->assertFalse($DB->record_exists('course', array('shortname' => 'c1')));
         $co = new tool_uploadcourse_course($mode, $updatemode, $data);
         $this->assertTrue($co->prepare());
@@ -282,6 +295,7 @@ class tool_uploadcourse_course_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
         $this->assertEquals($data['category'], $course->category);
         $this->assertEquals($data['visible'], $course->visible);
         $this->assertEquals(mktime(0, 0, 0, 6, 8, 1990), $course->startdate);
+        $this->assertEquals(mktime(0, 0, 0, 6, 18, 1990), $course->enddate);
         $this->assertEquals($data['idnumber'], $course->idnumber);
         $this->assertEquals($data['summary'], $course->summary);
         $this->assertEquals($data['format'], $course->format);
@@ -333,7 +347,6 @@ class tool_uploadcourse_course_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
             'fullname' => 'Fullname 2',
             'category' => $cat->id,
             'visible' => '1',
-            'startdate' => '11 June 1984',
             'idnumber' => 'changeidn',
             'summary' => 'Summary 2',
             'format' => 'topics',
@@ -360,6 +373,21 @@ class tool_uploadcourse_course_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
         );
 
         $this->assertTrue($DB->record_exists('course', array('shortname' => 'c1')));
+
+        $data['enddate'] = '31 June 1984';
+        // Previous start and end dates are 8 and 18 June 1990.
+        $co = new tool_uploadcourse_course($mode, $updatemode, $data);
+        $this->assertFalse($co->prepare());
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('enddatebeforestartdate', $co->get_errors());
+
+        $data['startdate'] = '19 June 1990';
+        $co = new tool_uploadcourse_course($mode, $updatemode, $data);
+        $this->assertFalse($co->prepare());
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('enddatebeforestartdate', $co->get_errors());
+
+        // They are correct now.
+        $data['startdate'] = '11 June 1984';
+
         $co = new tool_uploadcourse_course($mode, $updatemode, $data);
         $this->assertTrue($co->prepare());
         $co->proceed();
@@ -370,6 +398,7 @@ class tool_uploadcourse_course_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
         $this->assertEquals($data['category'], $course->category);
         $this->assertEquals($data['visible'], $course->visible);
         $this->assertEquals(mktime(0, 0, 0, 6, 11, 1984), $course->startdate);
+        $this->assertEquals(mktime(0, 0, 0, 6, 31, 1984), $course->enddate);
         $this->assertEquals($data['idnumber'], $course->idnumber);
         $this->assertEquals($data['summary'], $course->summary);
         $this->assertEquals($data['format'], $course->format);
@@ -425,6 +454,7 @@ class tool_uploadcourse_course_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
             'category' => '1',
             'visible' => '0',
             'startdate' => 644803200,
+            'enddate' => 645667200,
             'idnumber' => '123abc',
             'summary' => 'Summary',
             'format' => 'weeks',
@@ -452,6 +482,7 @@ class tool_uploadcourse_course_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
         $this->assertEquals($defaultdata['category'], $course->category);
         $this->assertEquals($defaultdata['visible'], $course->visible);
         $this->assertEquals($defaultdata['startdate'], $course->startdate);
+        $this->assertEquals($defaultdata['enddate'], $course->enddate);
         $this->assertEquals($defaultdata['idnumber'], $course->idnumber);
         $this->assertEquals($defaultdata['summary'], $course->summary);
         $this->assertEquals($defaultdata['format'], $course->format);
@@ -478,6 +509,7 @@ class tool_uploadcourse_course_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
             'category' => $cat->id,
             'visible' => '1',
             'startdate' => 455760000,
+            'enddate' => 457488000,
             'idnumber' => 'changedid',
             'summary' => 'Summary 2',
             'format' => 'topics',
@@ -505,6 +537,7 @@ class tool_uploadcourse_course_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
         $this->assertEquals($defaultdata['category'], $course->category);
         $this->assertEquals($defaultdata['visible'], $course->visible);
         $this->assertEquals($defaultdata['startdate'], $course->startdate);
+        $this->assertEquals($defaultdata['enddate'], $course->enddate);
         $this->assertEquals($defaultdata['idnumber'], $course->idnumber);
         $this->assertEquals($defaultdata['summary'], $course->summary);
         $this->assertEquals($defaultdata['format'], $course->format);

backup/moodle2/backup_stepslib.php

@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ class backup_course_structure_step extends backup_structure_step {
         $course = new backup_nested_element('course', array('id', 'contextid'), array(
             'shortname', 'fullname', 'idnumber',
             'summary', 'summaryformat', 'format', 'showgrades',
-            'newsitems', 'startdate',
+            'newsitems', 'startdate', 'enddate',
             'marker', 'maxbytes', 'legacyfiles', 'showreports',
             'visible', 'groupmode', 'groupmodeforce',
             'defaultgroupingid', 'lang', 'theme',
@@ -1780,6 +1780,7 @@ class backup_main_structure_step extends backup_structure_step {
         $info['original_course_fullname']  = $originalcourseinfo->fullname;
         $info['original_course_shortname'] = $originalcourseinfo->shortname;
         $info['original_course_startdate'] = $originalcourseinfo->startdate;
+        $info['original_course_enddate']   = $originalcourseinfo->enddate;
         $info['original_course_contextid'] = context_course::instance($this->get_courseid())->id;
         $info['original_system_contextid'] = context_system::instance()->id;
 
@@ -1795,7 +1796,7 @@ class backup_main_structure_step extends backup_structure_step {
             'name', 'moodle_version', 'moodle_release', 'backup_version',
             'backup_release', 'backup_date', 'mnet_remoteusers', 'include_files', 'include_file_references_to_external_content', 'original_wwwroot',
             'original_site_identifier_hash', 'original_course_id', 'original_course_format',
-            'original_course_fullname', 'original_course_shortname', 'original_course_startdate',
+            'original_course_fullname', 'original_course_shortname', 'original_course_startdate', 'original_course_enddate',
             'original_course_contextid', 'original_system_contextid'));
 
         $details = new backup_nested_element('details');

backup/moodle2/restore_stepslib.php

@@ -1870,6 +1870,10 @@ class restore_course_structure_step extends restore_structure_step {
         $this->legacyrestrictmodules = !empty($data->restrictmodules);
 
         $data->startdate= $this->apply_date_offset($data->startdate);
+        if (isset($data->enddate)) {
+            $data->enddate = $this->apply_date_offset($data->enddate);
+        }
+
         if ($data->defaultgroupingid) {
             $data->defaultgroupingid = $this->get_mappingid('grouping', $data->defaultgroupingid);
         }

backup/moodle2/tests/moodle2_test.php

@@ -340,7 +340,9 @@ class core_backup_moodle2_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
         // Create a course with specific start date.
         $generator = $this->getDataGenerator();
         $course = $generator->create_course(array(
-                'startdate' => strtotime('1 Jan 2014 00:00 GMT')));
+            'startdate' => strtotime('1 Jan 2014 00:00 GMT'),
+            'enddate' => strtotime('3 Aug 2014 00:00 GMT')
+        ));
 
         // Add a forum with conditional availability date restriction, including
         // one of them nested inside a tree.
@@ -361,6 +363,9 @@ class core_backup_moodle2_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
         // Do backup and restore.
         $newcourseid = $this->backup_and_restore($course, strtotime('3 Jan 2015 00:00 GMT'));
 
+        $newcourse = $DB->get_record('course', array('id' => $newcourseid));
+        $this->assertEquals(strtotime('5 Aug 2015 00:00 GMT'), $newcourse->enddate);
+
         $modinfo = get_fast_modinfo($newcourseid);
 
         // Check forum dates are modified by the same amount as the course start.

backup/util/checks/restore_check.class.php

@@ -174,9 +174,9 @@ abstract class restore_check {
             // settings so that they cannot change it.
             $hasrolldatescap = has_capability('moodle/restore:rolldates', $coursectx, $userid);
             if (!$hasrolldatescap) {
-                $datesetting = $restore_controller->get_plan()->get_setting('course_startdate');
-                if ($datesetting) {
-                    $datesetting->set_status(base_setting::LOCKED_BY_PERMISSION);
+                $startdatesetting = $restore_controller->get_plan()->get_setting('course_startdate');
+                if ($startdatesetting) {
+                    $startdatesetting->set_status(base_setting::LOCKED_BY_PERMISSION);
                 }
             }
 

backup/util/dbops/backup_controller_dbops.class.php

@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ abstract class backup_controller_dbops extends backup_dbops {
      */
     public static function backup_get_original_course_info($courseid) {
         global $DB;
-        return $DB->get_record('course', array('id' => $courseid), 'fullname, shortname, startdate, format');
+        return $DB->get_record('course', array('id' => $courseid), 'fullname, shortname, startdate, enddate, format');
     }
 
     /**

backup/util/helper/backup_general_helper.class.php

@@ -152,12 +152,16 @@ abstract class backup_general_helper extends backup_helper {
         $info->mnet_remoteusers         = $infoarr['mnet_remoteusers'];
         $info->original_wwwroot         = $infoarr['original_wwwroot'];
         $info->original_site_identifier_hash = $infoarr['original_site_identifier_hash'];
-        $info->original_course_id       = $infoarr['original_course_id'];
-        $info->original_course_fullname = $infoarr['original_course_fullname'];
-        $info->original_course_shortname= $infoarr['original_course_shortname'];
-        $info->original_course_startdate= $infoarr['original_course_startdate'];
-        $info->original_course_contextid= $infoarr['original_course_contextid'];
-        $info->original_system_contextid= $infoarr['original_system_contextid'];
+        $info->original_course_id        = $infoarr['original_course_id'];
+        $info->original_course_fullname  = $infoarr['original_course_fullname'];
+        $info->original_course_shortname = $infoarr['original_course_shortname'];
+        $info->original_course_startdate = $infoarr['original_course_startdate'];
+        // Old versions may not have this.
+        if (isset($infoarr['original_course_enddate'])) {
+            $info->original_course_enddate  = $infoarr['original_course_enddate'];
+        }
+        $info->original_course_contextid = $infoarr['original_course_contextid'];
+        $info->original_system_contextid = $infoarr['original_system_contextid'];
         // Moodle backup file don't have this option before 2.3
         if (!empty($infoarr['include_file_references_to_external_content'])) {
             $info->include_file_references_to_external_content = 1;

course/edit_form.php

@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ class course_edit_form extends moodleform {
         $mform->addHelpButton('startdate', 'startdate');
         $mform->setDefault('startdate', time() + 3600 * 24);
 
+        $mform->addElement('date_selector', 'enddate', get_string('enddate'), array('optional' => true));
+        $mform->addHelpButton('enddate', 'enddate');
+
         $mform->addElement('text','idnumber', get_string('idnumbercourse'),'maxlength="100"  size="10"');
         $mform->addHelpButton('idnumber', 'idnumbercourse');
         $mform->setType('idnumber', PARAM_RAW);
@@ -339,7 +342,8 @@ class course_edit_form extends moodleform {
         $mform = $this->_form;
 
         // add available groupings
-        if ($courseid = $mform->getElementValue('id') and $mform->elementExists('defaultgroupingid')) {
+        $courseid = $mform->getElementValue('id');
+        if ($courseid and $mform->elementExists('defaultgroupingid')) {
             $options = array();
             if ($groupings = $DB->get_records('groupings', array('courseid'=>$courseid))) {
                 foreach ($groupings as $grouping) {
@@ -354,7 +358,14 @@ class course_edit_form extends moodleform {
         // add course format options
         $formatvalue = $mform->getElementValue('format');
         if (is_array($formatvalue) && !empty($formatvalue)) {
-            $courseformat = course_get_format((object)array('format' => $formatvalue[0]));
+
+            $params = array('format' => $formatvalue[0]);
+            // Load the course as well if it is available, course formats may need it to work out
+            // they preferred course end date.
+            if ($courseid) {
+                $params['id'] = $courseid;
+            }
+            $courseformat = course_get_format((object)$params);
 
             $elements = $courseformat->create_edit_form_elements($mform);
             for ($i = 0; $i < count($elements); $i++) {
@@ -392,6 +403,10 @@ class course_edit_form extends moodleform {
             }
         }
 
+        if ($errorcode = course_validate_dates($data)) {
+            $errors['enddate'] = get_string($errorcode, 'error');
+        }
+
         $errors = array_merge($errors, enrol_course_edit_validation($data, $this->context));
 
         $courseformat = course_get_format((object)array('format' => $data['format']));

course/externallib.php

@@ -441,6 +441,7 @@ class core_course_external extends external_api {
                 external_format_text($course->summary, $course->summaryformat, $context->id, 'course', 'summary', 0);
             $courseinfo['format'] = $course->format;
             $courseinfo['startdate'] = $course->startdate;
+            $courseinfo['enddate'] = $course->enddate;
             if (array_key_exists('numsections', $courseformatoptions)) {
                 // For backward-compartibility
                 $courseinfo['numsections'] = $courseformatoptions['numsections'];
@@ -515,6 +516,8 @@ class core_course_external extends external_api {
                                     'number of recent items appearing on the course page', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                             'startdate' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
                                     'timestamp when the course start'),
+                            'enddate' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
+                                    'timestamp when the course end'),
                             'numsections' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
                                     '(deprecated, use courseformatoptions) number of weeks/topics',
                                     VALUE_OPTIONAL),
@@ -590,6 +593,8 @@ class core_course_external extends external_api {
                                     VALUE_DEFAULT, $courseconfig->newsitems),
                             'startdate' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
                                     'timestamp when the course start', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
+                            'enddate' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
+                                    'timestamp when the course end', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                             'numsections' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
                                     '(deprecated, use courseformatoptions) number of weeks/topics',
                                     VALUE_OPTIONAL),
@@ -765,6 +770,8 @@ class core_course_external extends external_api {
                                     'number of recent items appearing on the course page', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                             'startdate' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
                                     'timestamp when the course start', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
+                            'enddate' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
+                                    'timestamp when the course end', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                             'numsections' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
                                     '(deprecated, use courseformatoptions) number of weeks/topics', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                             'maxbytes' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,

course/format/lib.php

@@ -679,6 +679,13 @@ abstract class format_base {
                 $mform->setDefault($optionname, $option['default']);
             }
         }
+
+        if (!$forsection && empty($this->courseid)) {
+            // At this stage (this is called from definition_after_data) course data is already set as default.
+            // We can not overwrite what is in the database.
+            $mform->setDefault('enddate', $this->get_default_course_enddate($mform));
+        }
+
         return $elements;
     }
 
@@ -1100,6 +1107,46 @@ abstract class format_base {
             return $this->inplace_editable_render_section_name($section, ($itemtype === 'sectionname'), true);
         }
     }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the default end date value based on the start date.
+     *
+     * This is the default implementation for course formats, it is based on
+     * moodlecourse/courseduration setting. Course formats like format_weeks for
+     * example can overwrite this method and return a value based on their internal options.
+     *
+     * @param moodleform $mform
+     * @param array $fieldnames The form - field names mapping.
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function get_default_course_enddate($mform, $fieldnames = array()) {
+
+        if (empty($fieldnames)) {
+            $fieldnames = array('startdate' => 'startdate');
+        }
+
+        $startdate = $this->get_form_start_date($mform, $fieldnames);
+        $courseduration = intval(get_config('moodlecourse', 'courseduration'));
+        if (!$courseduration) {
+            // Default, it should be already set during upgrade though.
+            $courseduration = YEARSECS;
+        }
+
+        return $startdate + $courseduration;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the start date value from the course settings page form.
+     *
+     * @param moodleform $mform
+     * @param array $fieldnames The form - field names mapping.
+     * @return int
+     */
+    protected function get_form_start_date($mform, $fieldnames) {
+        $startdate = $mform->getElementValue($fieldnames['startdate']);
+        return $mform->getElement($fieldnames['startdate'])->exportValue($startdate);
+    }
 }
 
 /**

course/format/topics/tests/format_topics_test.php

@@ -211,4 +211,43 @@ class format_topics_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
             $this->assertEquals(1, preg_match('/^Can not find data record in database/', $e->getMessage()));
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Test get_default_course_enddate.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function test_default_course_enddate() {
+        global $CFG, $DB;
+
+        $this->resetAfterTest(true);
+
+        require_once($CFG->dirroot . '/course/tests/fixtures/testable_course_edit_form.php');
+
+        $this->setTimezone('UTC');
+
+        $params = array('format' => 'topics', 'numsections' => 5, 'startdate' => 1445644800);
+        $course = $this->getDataGenerator()->create_course($params);
+        $category = $DB->get_record('course_categories', array('id' => $course->category));
+
+        $args = [
+            'course' => $course,
+            'category' => $category,
+            'editoroptions' => [
+                'context' => context_course::instance($course->id),
+                'subdirs' => 0
+            ],
+            'returnto' => new moodle_url('/'),
+            'returnurl' => new moodle_url('/'),
+        ];
+
+        $courseform = new testable_course_edit_form(null, $args);
+        $courseform->definition_after_data();
+
+        $enddate = $params['startdate'] + get_config('moodlecourse', 'courseduration');
+
+        $weeksformat = course_get_format($course->id);
+        $this->assertEquals($enddate, $weeksformat->get_default_course_enddate($courseform->get_quick_form()));
+
+    }
 }

course/format/upgrade.txt

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ Overview of this plugin type at http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Course_formats
 
 === 3.2 ===
 * Callback delete_course is deprecated and should be replaced with observer for event \core\event\course_content_deleted
+* Course formats can overwrite get_default_course_enddate function to set the default course end date for new courses.
+  format_base::get_default_course_enddate uses the new "Course duration" site setting to calculate the default course end date
+  from the default course start date.
 
 === 3.1 ===
 * Course format may use the inplace_editable template to allow quick editing of section names, see

course/format/weeks/lib.php

@@ -380,10 +380,16 @@ class format_weeks extends format_base {
      * Return the start and end date of the passed section
      *
      * @param int|stdClass|section_info $section section to get the dates for
+     * @param int $startdate Force course start date, useful when the course is not yet created
      * @return stdClass property start for startdate, property end for enddate
      */
-    public function get_section_dates($section) {
-        $course = $this->get_course();
+    public function get_section_dates($section, $startdate = false) {
+
+        if ($startdate === false) {
+            $course = $this->get_course();
+            $startdate = $course->startdate;
+        }
+
         if (is_object($section)) {
             $sectionnum = $section->section;
         } else {
@@ -392,7 +398,7 @@ class format_weeks extends format_base {
         $oneweekseconds = 604800;
         // Hack alert. We add 2 hours to avoid possible DST problems. (e.g. we go into daylight
         // savings and the date changes.
-        $startdate = $course->startdate + 7200;
+        $startdate = $startdate + 7200;
 
         $dates = new stdClass();
         $dates->start = $startdate + ($oneweekseconds * ($sectionnum - 1));
@@ -454,6 +460,37 @@ class format_weeks extends format_base {
         }
         return parent::inplace_editable_render_section_name($section, $linkifneeded, $editable, $edithint, $editlabel);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the default end date for weeks course format.
+     *
+     * @param moodleform $mform
+     * @param array $fieldnames The form - field names mapping.
+     * @return int
+     */
+