Error in date display on comment

[corentinbettiol]

Describe the bug

Date tag on a comment is "Apr 27", but on hover the text is "Tuesday, 28 April 2020, 00:01:19".

In HTML, datetime content is 2020-04-27T22:01:19Z 🤔

To Reproduce

Hover date of this comment.

Expected behavior

Date on tag & on hover should be the same.

Screenshots

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Xubuntu
• Browser: Firefox
• Version: 75.0

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[rhymes]

Hi @corentinbettiol, thanks a lot for raising this issue.

I suspect it's similar to the issue that was raised for the article time in the show page: #7086 (I haven't checked but I'm pretty sure they use the same mechanism, both server side and client side)

This is what I wrote back then #7086 (comment)

I also left a possible solution: #7086 (comment)

[corentinbettiol]

Thanks for the quick reply!

I spend a few minutes understanding how the title date is computed, and I replied with the information I found.

[nickytonline]

@eclectic-coding and I will be pairing on this today. https://twitter.com/nickytonline/status/1287802825544732678

[eclectic-coding]

After reviewing this issue with @nickytonline we were unable to replicate. It is probable that the #9285 new local_date helper has resolved this issue. Please review and verify before this open issue is closed. If not, and it is still an issue, I will be glad to look at it again.
Thank you for the opportunity.

[corentinbettiol]

I went on the link provided in the first post, "hovered" the date which is Apr 27 (I'm on a smartphone) and it displayed the "Mardi 28 Avril" date (Tue, Apr 28), so the Issue is still here :)

[eclectic-coding]

So, for me, in the Eastern US, it displays properly on the Desktop (Linux/Firefox and Chrome), my Android phone with Firefox, and my wife's iPhone. I am wondering if this is an internationalization issue now?

[corentinbettiol]

As I commented here on the other issue, I think only the date in title tag is localized, and thus the displayed date is still in UTC.

[rhymes]

@corentinbettiol correct, the title is localized, the displayed date is not.

Back then we wanted to keep the same "english format" for all DEV users for all displayed dates, I would say let's keep it in English (so "July 29" instead of "29 Luglio" as it'd be in Italian) but have the correct date based on the client's locale, to avoid these issues when the UTC date crosses the day line

[corentinbettiol]

Yes, it seems the right thing to do for now :)

[eclectic-coding]

I will go back and look at later today.

[ScottYates]

I just made a comment on a post, and noticed that the displayed date was Oct 5, even though it was Oct 4 when i posted it, and the tooltip when i hover over that date appears to have the correct date in it.

In this case, i just clicked on the "Add to discussion" box and entered my comment, then pressed save.

Expected behavior
I expected the date displayed next to the comment to be correct.

Screenshots
Here is a capture of the issue:
https://www.screencast.com/t/ZLT50QsXtM1

Desktop (please complete the following information):
OS, version: Windows 10
Browser, version: Chrome 85.0.4183.121

Additional context
I am in Central Standard TZ.

Here is the comment in question:
https://dev.to/beernutz/comment/160li

This is the full page:
https://dev.to/maggiecodes_/problem-solving-during-interviews-for-anxious-people-2kpp/comments

[jorroll]

From issue #11643

Describe the bug
I posted this comment on dev.to around 11:30pm, 11/26/20 in California. I'm viewing the comment in the same location I posted the comment, and the "created on" date for the comment shows November 27th (it should show Nov 26th). I suspect a DST issue is the cause.

To Reproduce
You can see the problematic comment here: https://dev.to/johncarroll/comment/18dp8

Expected behavior
The date associated with my comment should be Nov 26th.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS, version: Chrome OS
• Browser, version: Google Chrome, 86

Other info
Of note: the <time> element wrapping my comment's created on date has a title attribute the contains the correct created at time. It's just the text date that the <time> element is wrapping that is incorrect--further reinforcing my suspicion that this is a server DST issue.

[asi309]

I'd like to take this one @cmgorton

[cmgorton]

Great. Thank you! Let us know if you have any questions.

[cmgorton]

Hey @asi309 wanted to check in and see how you are doing with this issue. Did you have any questions or need any help?

[LizMelamed]

Hey! I would like to solve this bug as part of the bug smash

[citizen428]

Thanks @LizMelamed, I assigned you this issue now.