/** * Display form of a journal entry's `date:` frontmatter. Client-safe (no `fs`), * shared by the /journal index and the entry header so both show the same thing. * * The value is typed by hand, so it is read as a calendar date, not an instant: * * - `2026-03-15` (optionally followed by a time) is formatted in UTC. `new Date()` * reads a date-only ISO string as UTC midnight, and formatting that in the * server's or browser's timezone showed Mar 14 west of Greenwich. * - `2026-03` shows month and year — `new Date('2026-03')` invented the 1st. * - Anything else (`15.03.2026`, `March 2026`, `Spring 2026`, an impossible * `2026-02-30`) is shown as written instead of "Invalid Date" or a guessed day. */ const DAY = /^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})(?=$|[T\s])/; const MONTH = /^(\d{4})-(\d{2})$/; export function formatJournalDate(raw: string | undefined, locale: string): string | null { const value = raw?.trim(); if (!value) return null; const day = DAY.exec(value); if (day) { const [y, m, d] = [Number(day[1]), Number(day[2]), Number(day[3])]; const date = new Date(Date.UTC(y, m - 1, d)); // Date.UTC rolls 2026-02-30 over into March; refuse instead of moving it. if (date.getUTCFullYear() !== y || date.getUTCMonth() !== m - 1 || date.getUTCDate() !== d) { return value; } return date.toLocaleDateString(locale, { timeZone: 'UTC', year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric', }); } const month = MONTH.exec(value); if (month) { const [y, m] = [Number(month[1]), Number(month[2])]; if (m < 1 || m > 12) return value; return new Date(Date.UTC(y, m - 1, 1)).toLocaleDateString(locale, { timeZone: 'UTC', year: 'numeric', month: 'long', }); } return value; }