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fix: news dates show a day early for viewers west of UTC #119

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9 changes: 7 additions & 2 deletions hugo-site/themes/freenet/layouts/shortcodes/latest-news.html
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{{ $newsItems := slice }}
{{ range first 10 $sortedNews }}
{{ $tags := .Params.tags | default slice }}
{{ $newsItems = $newsItems | append (dict "date" (.Date.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z") "title" .Title "url" .Permalink "tags" $tags "type" "news") }}
{{ $newsItems = $newsItems | append (dict "date" (.Date.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z") "dateDisplay" (.Date.Format "January 2, 2006") "title" .Title "url" .Permalink "tags" $tags "type" "news") }}
{{ end }}

<div id="latest-news-container" data-news-items='{{ $newsItems | jsonify }}' data-limit="{{ $limit }}">
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let html = '<ul>';
for (const item of shown) {
html += `<li><strong>${formatDate(item.date)}</strong> - <a href="${item.url}">${item.title}</a></li>`;
// Prefer the server-formatted date (correct in the site's intended
// timezone) for static news entries. GitHub release entries only
// carry a raw ISO timestamp, so fall back to client-side formatting
// for those.
const displayDate = item.dateDisplay || formatDate(item.date);
html += `<li><strong>${displayDate}</strong> - <a href="${item.url}">${item.title}</a></li>`;
}
html += '</ul>';
container.innerHTML = html;
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