USWDS-Site - Documentation: Add note about incorrect package dates

[mahoneycm]

Summary

Add note about incorrect package dates to download page. Note provided by content strategy:

Note: The file date defaults to October 26, 1985, when you download and install this package. This is intentional. NPM sets a default date to ensure reproducible builds for npm packages.

Download and Documentation page updates 2-22-2024 (🔒)

Problem statement

NPM purposefully sets package dates to 10/26/1985 to ensure hash-identical tarballs no matter when or on what device the npm pack is ran. This can confuse users who inspect the package and see the incorrect files for the date.

Proposed Solution

Add note to site to specify this is intended behavior from NPM.

Affected pages

Download page →
Documentation page →

Related issue

Since the documentation page content is pulled from the USWDS README, we'll need to update the USWDS repo as well.

• USWDS - Documentation: Add incorrect date note to README for site Documentation page uswds#5872

[mahoneycm]

Note provided by Content Strategy

Add the following note to the aforementioned pages:

Note: The file date defaults to October 26, 1985, when you download and install this package. This is intentional. NPM sets a default date to ensure reproducible builds for npm packages.