Date formatting cleanup, added utility functions to avoid repetition.

src/components/CalendarView.vue

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
   daysInclusive,
   addDaysStr,
   formatDateRange,
-  getMondayOfISOWeek,
+  formatTodayString,
   getOccurrenceIndex,
   getVirtualOccurrenceEndDate,
   getISOWeek,
@@ -83,10 +83,7 @@ const selectedDateRange = computed(() => {
 
 const todayString = computed(() => {
   const d = new Date(calendarStore.now)
-  const t = d
-    .toLocaleDateString(undefined, { weekday: 'long', month: 'long', day: 'numeric' })
-    .replace(/,? /, '\n')
-  return t.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + t.slice(1)
+  return formatTodayString(d)
 })
 
 const visibleWeeks = computed(() => {

src/components/EventDialog.vue

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { ref, computed, watch, onUnmounted, nextTick } from 'vue'
 import BaseDialog from './BaseDialog.vue'
 import WeekdaySelector from './WeekdaySelector.vue'
 import Numeric from './Numeric.vue'
-import { addDaysStr, getMondayOfISOWeek, fromLocalString, DEFAULT_TZ } from '@/utils/date'
+import { addDaysStr, getMondayOfISOWeek, fromLocalString, formatDateShort, formatDateLong, DEFAULT_TZ } from '@/utils/date'
 import { addDays, addMonths } from 'date-fns'
 
 const props = defineProps({
@@ -440,24 +440,12 @@ const isLastOccurrence = computed(() => {
 })
 const formattedOccurrenceShort = computed(() => {
   if (occurrenceContext.value?.occurrenceDate) {
-    try {
-      return occurrenceContext.value.occurrenceDate
-        .toLocaleDateString(undefined, { month: 'short', day: 'numeric' })
-        .replace(/, /, ' ')
-    } catch {
-      /* noop */
-    }
+    return formatDateShort(occurrenceContext.value.occurrenceDate)
   }
   if (isRepeatingBaseEdit.value && editingEventId.value) {
     const ev = calendarStore.getEventById(editingEventId.value)
     if (ev?.startDate) {
-      try {
-        return fromLocalString(ev.startDate, DEFAULT_TZ)
-          .toLocaleDateString(undefined, { month: 'short', day: 'numeric' })
-          .replace(/, /, ' ')
-      } catch {
-        /* noop */
-      }
+      return formatDateShort(fromLocalString(ev.startDate, DEFAULT_TZ))
     }
   }
   return ''
@@ -465,24 +453,12 @@ const formattedOccurrenceShort = computed(() => {
 
 const headerDateShort = computed(() => {
   if (occurrenceContext.value?.occurrenceDate) {
-    try {
-      return occurrenceContext.value.occurrenceDate
-        .toLocaleDateString(undefined, { month: 'short', day: 'numeric' })
-        .replace(/, /, ' ')
-    } catch {
-      return ''
-    }
+    return formatDateShort(occurrenceContext.value.occurrenceDate)
   }
   if (editingEventId.value) {
     const ev = calendarStore.getEventById(editingEventId.value)
     if (ev?.startDate) {
-      try {
-        return fromLocalString(ev.startDate, DEFAULT_TZ)
-          .toLocaleDateString(undefined, { month: 'short', day: 'numeric' })
-          .replace(/, /, ' ')
-      } catch {
-        return ''
-      }
+      return formatDateShort(fromLocalString(ev.startDate, DEFAULT_TZ))
     }
   }
   return ''
@@ -533,17 +509,7 @@ const formattedFinalOccurrence = computed(() => {
   const includeYear =
     d.getFullYear() !== now.getFullYear() ||
     d.getTime() - now.getTime() >= 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 365
-  const opts = {
-    weekday: 'short',
-    month: 'short',
-    day: 'numeric',
-    ...(includeYear ? { year: 'numeric' } : {}),
-  }
-  try {
-    return d.toLocaleDateString(undefined, opts)
-  } catch {
-    return d.toDateString()
-  }
+  return formatDateLong(d, includeYear)
 })
 
 const recurrenceSummary = computed(() => {

src/utils/date.js

@@ -287,6 +287,37 @@ function lunarPhaseSymbol(date) {
 }
 
 // Exports -----------------------------------------------------------------
+/**
+ * Format date as short localized string (e.g., "Jan 15")
+ */
+function formatDateShort(date) {
+  return date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, { month: 'short', day: 'numeric' })
+    .replace(/, /, ' ')
+}
+
+/**
+ * Format date as long localized string with optional year (e.g., "Mon Jan 15" or "Mon Jan 15, 2025")
+ */
+function formatDateLong(date, includeYear = false) {
+  const opts = {
+    weekday: 'short',
+    month: 'short',
+    day: 'numeric',
+    ...(includeYear ? { year: 'numeric' } : {}),
+  }
+  return date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, opts)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Format date as today string (e.g., "Monday\nJanuary 15")
+ */
+function formatTodayString(date) {
+  const formatted = date
+    .toLocaleDateString(undefined, { weekday: 'long', month: 'long', day: 'numeric' })
+    .replace(/,? /, '\n')
+  return formatted.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + formatted.slice(1)
+}
+
 export {
   // constants
   monthAbbr,
@@ -311,6 +342,9 @@ export {
   reorderByFirstDay,
   getLocalizedMonthName,
   formatDateRange,
+  formatDateShort,
+  formatDateLong,
+  formatTodayString,
   lunarPhaseSymbol,
   // iso helpers re-export
   getISOWeek,