Remove timestamps from filenames in unified diffs

src/diff-parser.js

@@ -408,6 +408,11 @@
         // Remove prefix if exists
         filename = filename.slice(matchingPrefixes[0].length);
       }
+
+      // Cleanup timestamps generated by the unified diff (diff command) as specified in
+      // https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/manual/html_node/Detailed-Unified.html
+      // Ie: 2016-10-25 11:37:14.000000000 +0200
+      filename = filename.replace(/\s+\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}(?:\.\d+)? \+\d{4}.*$/, '');
     }
 
     return filename;

test/diff-parser-tests.js

@@ -399,6 +399,30 @@ describe('DiffParser', function() {
       assert.equal(1, file1.blocks[0].lines[1].newNumber);
     });
 
+    it('should parse unified non git diff and strip timestamps off the headers', function() {
+      var diff =
+        '--- a/sample.js	2016-10-25 11:37:14.000000000 +0200\n' +
+        '+++ b/sample.js	2016-10-25 11:37:14.000000000 +0200\n' +
+        '@@ -1 +1,2 @@\n' +
+        '-test\n' +
+        '+test1r\n' +
+        '+test2r\n';
+
+      var result = DiffParser.generateDiffJson(diff);
+      var file1 = result[0];
+      assert.equal(1, result.length);
+      assert.equal(2, file1.addedLines);
+      assert.equal(1, file1.deletedLines);
+      assert.equal('sample.js', file1.oldName);
+      assert.equal('sample.js', file1.newName);
+      assert.equal(1, file1.blocks.length);
+
+      var linesContent = file1.blocks[0].lines.map(function(line) {
+        return line.content;
+      });
+      assert.deepEqual(linesContent, ['-test', '+test1r', '+test2r']);
+    });
+
     it('should parse unified non git diff', function() {
       var diff =
         '--- a/sample.js\n' +