Add an end date to courses.

- needed for cert generation (and later lots of other things)

common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/course_module.py

@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ class CourseDescriptor(SequenceDescriptor):
 
         self.enrollment_start = self._try_parse_time("enrollment_start")
         self.enrollment_end = self._try_parse_time("enrollment_end")
+        self.end = self._try_parse_time("end")
 
         # NOTE: relies on the modulestore to call set_grading_policy() right after
         # init.  (Modulestore is in charge of figuring out where to load the policy from)
@@ -127,6 +128,16 @@ class CourseDescriptor(SequenceDescriptor):
 
         return definition
 
+    def has_ended(self):
+        """
+        Returns True if the current time is after the specified course end date.
+        Returns False if there is no end date specified.
+        """
+        if self.end_date is None:
+            return False
+
+        return time.gmtime() > self.end
+
     def has_started(self):
         return time.gmtime() > self.start
 

doc/xml-format.md

@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ Supported fields at the course level:
 
 * "start" -- specify the start date for the course.  Format-by-example: "2012-09-05T12:00".
 * "enrollment_start", "enrollment_end" -- when can students enroll?  (if not specified, can enroll anytime).   Same format as "start".
+* "end" -- specify the end date for the course.  Format-by-example: "2012-11-05T12:00".
 * "tabs" -- have custom tabs in the courseware.  See below for details on config.
 * TODO: there are others