--- a/taginthemiddle/middleware.py	Tue May 04 08:37:15 2010 -0700
+++ b/taginthemiddle/middleware.py	Tue May 04 18:46:05 2010 -0700
@@ -14,14 +14,6 @@
 from pkg_resources import resource_filename
 from webob import Request, Response, exc
 
-# tags have:
-# - a list of resources they're applied to
-# for now just assume  auth is on and that anyone authenticated may tag
-
-# e.g. a tags file
-# foo = /bar /fleem/baz etc
-# cats = /cats /blog/mycat
-
 class Tagger(LXMLMiddleware):
 
     # instance defaults

--- a/taginthemiddle/model.py	Tue May 04 08:37:15 2010 -0700
+++ b/taginthemiddle/model.py	Tue May 04 18:46:05 2010 -0700
@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
+"""
+ tags have:
+ - a list of resources they're applied to
+ - a time they're applied
+ for now just assume  auth is on and that anyone authenticated may tag
+ e.g. a tags file
+
+foo = /bar:1273023556 /fleem/baz:1273023556 etc
+cats = /cats:1273023556 /blog/mycat:1273023556
+"""
+
 import os
+import time
 
 class Tags(object):
   """file (e.g. .ini) based tagging scheme"""
@@ -13,6 +25,7 @@
       f.close()
     self.tags = {}
     self.urls = {}
+    self.times = {}
     self.read(path)
     
 
@@ -26,12 +39,15 @@
       urls = urls.strip()
       self.tags[tag] = set([urls])
       for url in urls:
+        url, time = url.rsplit(':', 1)
         self.urls.setdefault(url, set()).add(tag)
+        self.times[(tag, url)] = int(time)
 
   def write(self):
     f = file(self.path, 'w')
     for tag in sorted(self.tags.keys()):
-      print >> f, '%s = %s' % (tag, ' '.join(self.tags[tag]))
+      print >> f, '%s = %s' % (tag, ' '.join(['%s:%s' % (url, self.times(tag, url))
+                                              for url in self.tags[tag]]))
     f.close()
 
   def add(self, tag, url):
@@ -39,6 +55,7 @@
       return
     self.tags[tag].add(url)
     self.urls[url].add(tag)
+    self.times[(tag, url)] = int(time.time())
     self.write()
 
   def remove(self, tag, url):