blog/frontend/shared/utils/format.ts

/** Human-readable date for display; returns an empty string when unset. */
export function formatDate(value: string | null | undefined, locale = 'en-GB'): string {
  if (!value) return ''
  return new Intl.DateTimeFormat(locale, { dateStyle: 'long' }).format(new Date(value))
}

/** Date and time of publication, shown in the article byline. */
export function formatDateTime(value: string | null | undefined, locale = 'en-GB'): string {
  if (!value) return ''
  return new Intl.DateTimeFormat(locale, { dateStyle: 'long', timeStyle: 'short' })
    .format(new Date(value))
}

/** Machine-readable date for the `datetime` attribute and structured data. */
export function isoDate(value: string | null | undefined): string {
  return value ? new Date(value).toISOString() : ''
}