From bf49a0250e55cd8973996f99b2575d31c9a92acf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andreas Kristiansen <6977712+AndreasK79@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 08:02:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [Contesting] Add support for user defined date format

---
 application/views/contesting/index.php | 11 ++++++
 assets/js/sections/contesting.js       | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/application/views/contesting/index.php b/application/views/contesting/index.php
index 3e15846ae..07fecf3cd 100644
--- a/application/views/contesting/index.php
+++ b/application/views/contesting/index.php
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 <script>
     var lang_contestname_warning = "<?= __("You need to start a new session before you can change the contest name!"); ?>";
 	var lang_contest_reset_session = "<?= __("Are you really sure you want to start a new contest session?"); ?>";
+
+	 // Get Date format
+    var user_date_format = "<?php
+        if($this->session->userdata('user_date_format')) {
+            // If Logged in and session exists
+            echo $this->session->userdata('user_date_format');
+        } else {
+            // Get Default date format from /config/wavelog.php
+            echo $this->config->item('qso_date_format');
+        }
+    ?>";
 </script>
 
 <div class="container qso_panel contesting">
diff --git a/assets/js/sections/contesting.js b/assets/js/sections/contesting.js
index 0a94d6afb..6f18f7c80 100644
--- a/assets/js/sections/contesting.js
+++ b/assets/js/sections/contesting.js
@@ -895,7 +895,48 @@ function getUTCTimeStamp(el) {
 
 function getUTCDateStamp(el) {
 	var now = new Date();
-	var localTime = now.getTime();
-	var utc = localTime + (now.getTimezoneOffset() * 60000);
-	$(el).attr('value', ("0" + now.getUTCDate()).slice(-2)+'-'+("0" + (now.getUTCMonth()+1)).slice(-2)+'-'+now.getUTCFullYear());
+	var day = ("0" + now.getUTCDate()).slice(-2);
+	var month = ("0" + (now.getUTCMonth() + 1)).slice(-2);
+	var year = now.getUTCFullYear();
+	var short_year = year.toString().slice(-2);
+
+	// Format the date based on user_date_format passed from PHP
+	var formatted_date;
+	switch (user_date_format) {
+		case "d/m/y":
+			formatted_date = day + "/" + month + "/" + short_year;
+			break;
+		case "d/m/Y":
+			formatted_date = day + "/" + month + "/" + year;
+			break;
+		case "m/d/y":
+			formatted_date = month + "/" + day + "/" + short_year;
+			break;
+		case "m/d/Y":
+			formatted_date = month + "/" + day + "/" + year;
+			break;
+		case "d.m.Y":
+			formatted_date = day + "." + month + "." + year;
+			break;
+		case "y/m/d":
+			formatted_date = short_year + "/" + month + "/" + day;
+			break;
+		case "Y-m-d":
+			formatted_date = year + "-" + month + "-" + day;
+			break;
+		case "M d, Y":
+			// Need to get the month name abbreviation
+			var monthNames = ["Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"];
+			formatted_date = monthNames[now.getUTCMonth()] + " " + parseInt(day) + ", " + year;
+			break;
+		case "M d, y":
+			var monthNames = ["Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"];
+			formatted_date = monthNames[now.getUTCMonth()] + " " + parseInt(day) + ", " + short_year;
+			break;
+		default:
+			// Default to d-m-Y format as shown in the PHP code
+			formatted_date = day + "-" + month + "-" + year;
+	}
+
+	$(el).attr('value', formatted_date);
 }