From 1f677bbe6d17e9488110598cd3821481cf660ab9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kc9uhi <kc9uhi@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 11:34:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add 'd M y' date format

---
 application/controllers/Distancerecords.php |  1 +
 application/views/qso/index.php             |  1 +
 application/views/user/edit.php             |  1 +
 assets/js/sections/contesting.js            |  4 ++++
 assets/js/sections/qso.js                   | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/application/controllers/Distancerecords.php b/application/controllers/Distancerecords.php
index fec4a228b..53f906987 100644
--- a/application/controllers/Distancerecords.php
+++ b/application/controllers/Distancerecords.php
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class Distancerecords extends CI_Controller {
             case 'Y-m-d': $usethisformat = 'YYYY-MM-D';break;
             case 'M d, Y': $usethisformat = 'MMM D, YYYY';break;
             case 'M d, y': $usethisformat = 'MMM D, YY';break;
+            case 'd M y': $usethisformat = 'D MMM YY';break;
         }
 
         if ($this->session->userdata('user_measurement_base') == NULL) {
diff --git a/application/views/qso/index.php b/application/views/qso/index.php
index bd657926b..6dbd4e8d9 100644
--- a/application/views/qso/index.php
+++ b/application/views/qso/index.php
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ switch ($date_format) {
     case "Y-m-d": $current_pattern = '[0-9]{4}-[0-1][0-9]-[0-3][0-9]'; break;
     case "M d, Y": $current_pattern = '[A-Za-z]{3}\s[0-3][0-9],\s[0-9]{4}'; break;
     case "M d, y": $current_pattern = '[A-Za-z]{3}\s[0-3][0-9],\s[0-9]{2}'; break;
+    case "d M y": $current_pattern = '[0-3][0-9]\s[A-Za-z]{3}\s[0-9]{2}'; break;
     default: $current_pattern = '[0-3][0-9]-[0-1][0-9]-[0-9]{4}'; $date_format = 'd-m-Y';
 }
 ?>
diff --git a/application/views/user/edit.php b/application/views/user/edit.php
index 9baa9a766..311824e3b 100644
--- a/application/views/user/edit.php
+++ b/application/views/user/edit.php
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@
 											<option value="Y-m-d" <?php if($user_date_format == "Y-m-d") { echo "selected=\"selected\""; } ?>><?php echo date('Y-m-d'); ?> - ( YYYY-MM-DD )</option>
 											<option value="M d, Y" <?php if($user_date_format == "M d, Y") { echo "selected=\"selected\""; } ?>><?php echo date('M d, Y'); ?> - ( MMM DD, YYYY )</option>
 											<option value="M d, y" <?php if($user_date_format == "M d, y") { echo "selected=\"selected\""; } ?>><?php echo date('M d, y'); ?> - ( MMM DD, YY )</option>
+											<option value="d M y" <?php if($user_date_format == "d M y") { echo "selected=\"selected\""; } ?>><?php echo date('d M y'); ?> - ( DD MMM YY )</option>
 										</select>
 										<small id="SelectDateFormatHelp" class="form-text text-muted"><?= __("Select how you would like dates shown when logged into your account."); ?></small>
 									</div>
diff --git a/assets/js/sections/contesting.js b/assets/js/sections/contesting.js
index f4902672d..aeae337ee 100644
--- a/assets/js/sections/contesting.js
+++ b/assets/js/sections/contesting.js
@@ -969,6 +969,10 @@ function getUTCDateStamp(el) {
 			var monthNames = ["Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"];
 			formatted_date = monthNames[now.getUTCMonth()] + " " + parseInt(day) + ", " + short_year;
 			break;
+		case "d M y":
+			var monthNames = ["Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"];
+			formatted_date = parseInt(day) + " " + monthNames[now.getUTCMonth()] + " " + short_year;
+			break;
 		default:
 			// Default to d-m-Y format as shown in the PHP code
 			formatted_date = day + "-" + month + "-" + year;
diff --git a/assets/js/sections/qso.js b/assets/js/sections/qso.js
index 8b8e61e86..8ee78dac2 100644
--- a/assets/js/sections/qso.js
+++ b/assets/js/sections/qso.js
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ function getUTCDateStamp(el) {
 			var monthNames = ["Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"];
 			formatted_date = monthNames[now.getUTCMonth()] + " " + parseInt(day) + ", " + short_year;
 			break;
+		case "d M y":
+			var monthNames = ["Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"];
+			formatted_date = parseInt(day) + " " + monthNames[now.getUTCMonth()] + " " + short_year;
+			break;
 		default:
 			// Default to d-m-Y format as shown in the PHP code
 			formatted_date = day + "-" + month + "-" + year;
@@ -552,6 +556,10 @@ $("#reset_start_time").on("click", function () {
 			var monthNames = ["Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"];
 			formatted_date = monthNames[now.getUTCMonth()] + " " + parseInt(day) + ", " + short_year;
 			break;
+		case "d M y":
+			var monthNames = ["Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"];
+			formatted_date = parseInt(day) + " " + monthNames[now.getUTCMonth()] + " " + short_year;
+			break;	
 		default:
 			// Default to d-m-Y format as shown in the PHP code
 			formatted_date = day + "-" + month + "-" + year;
@@ -621,6 +629,14 @@ function parseUserDate(user_provided_date) {	// creates JS-Date out of user-prov
 			day = parseInt(parts[1], 10);
 			year = 2000 + parseInt(parts[2], 10);
 			break;
+		case "d M y":
+			// Example: 28 Jul 25
+			parts = user_provided_date.split(' ');
+			day = parseInt(parts[0], 10);
+			month = monthNames.indexOf(parts[1]);
+			if (month === -1) return null;
+			year = 2000 + parseInt(parts[2], 10);
+			break;
 		default: // fallback "d-m-Y"
 			parts = user_provided_date.split("-");
 			day = parseInt(parts[0], 10);