From a5f6c35bb091d26693fd1f7986e499905b7b8e73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raymond Hill <rhill@raymondhill.net>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2024 12:15:03 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix bad date computation in auto-comment feature

Related feedback:
https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/1bxz6oi/
---
 src/js/storage.js | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/js/storage.js b/src/js/storage.js
index cd340fca9..9ccd9e062 100644
--- a/src/js/storage.js
+++ b/src/js/storage.js
@@ -605,14 +605,10 @@ onBroadcast(msg => {
         this.hiddenSettings.autoCommentFilterTemplate.indexOf('{{') !== -1
     ) {
         const d = new Date();
-        // Date in YYYY-MM-DD format - https://stackoverflow.com/a/50130338
-        const ISO8601Date = new Date(d.getTime() +
-            (d.getTimezoneOffset()*60000)).toISOString().split('T')[0];
         const url = new URL(options.docURL);
-        comment =
-            '! ' +
+        comment = '! ' +
             this.hiddenSettings.autoCommentFilterTemplate
-                .replace('{{date}}', ISO8601Date)
+                .replace('{{date}}', d.toLocaleDateString(undefined, { dateStyle: 'medium' }))
                 .replace('{{time}}', d.toLocaleTimeString())
                 .replace('{{hostname}}', url.hostname)
                 .replace('{{origin}}', url.origin)