create-volt 0.33.0 → 0.34.0

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ All notable changes to `create-volt` are documented here. The format follows
 [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/), and this project adheres to
 [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
+## [0.34.0] - 2026-06-29
+
+### Added
+- **Timezone detection.** The setup wizard detects the admin's timezone from
+  their browser (`Intl`) and writes `SITE_TZ` to `.env`. The `posts` add-on then
+  renders full timestamps in `SITE_TZ` rather than the server's zone (usually UTC
+  on a host); date-only values render as that calendar day either way.
+
 ## [0.33.0] - 2026-06-29
 
 ### Added
@@ -446,6 +454,7 @@ All notable changes to `create-volt` are documented here. The format follows
   watching and full-page hot reload. Supports `--skip-install` and `--force`,
   and auto-detects npm / pnpm / yarn / bun for the install step.
 
+[0.34.0]: https://github.com/MIR-2025/volt/releases/tag/v0.34.0
 [0.33.0]: https://github.com/MIR-2025/volt/releases/tag/v0.33.0
 [0.32.0]: https://github.com/MIR-2025/volt/releases/tag/v0.32.0
 [0.31.0]: https://github.com/MIR-2025/volt/releases/tag/v0.31.0

package/addons/posts/files/lib/posts.js

@@ -17,11 +17,15 @@ const tagsOf = (meta) => String(meta.tags || "").split(",").map((s) => s.trim())
 
 function fmtDate(d) {
   if (!d) return "";
-  // parse YYYY-MM-DD as *local* midnight (new Date("2026-06-28") is UTC → off by a
-  // day in negative-offset zones); fall back to Date() for full timestamps.
+  const opts = { year: "numeric", month: "long", day: "numeric" };
+  // A date-only value (YYYY-MM-DD) is a calendar day with no timezone — parse it
+  // as local midnight and render that day (new Date("2026-06-28") would be UTC →
+  // off by a day in negative-offset zones). A full timestamp is rendered in the
+  // admin's timezone (SITE_TZ, detected by the setup wizard), not the server's.
   const m = /^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})$/.exec(String(d).trim());
-  const t = m ? new Date(+m[1], +m[2] - 1, +m[3]) : new Date(d);
-  return isNaN(t.getTime()) ? esc(d) : t.toLocaleDateString("en-US", { year: "numeric", month: "long", day: "numeric" });
+  if (m) return new Date(+m[1], +m[2] - 1, +m[3]).toLocaleDateString("en-US", opts);
+  const t = new Date(d);
+  return isNaN(t.getTime()) ? esc(d) : t.toLocaleDateString("en-US", process.env.SITE_TZ ? { ...opts, timeZone: process.env.SITE_TZ } : opts);
 }
 
 function excerpt(p) {

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "create-volt",
-  "version": "0.33.0",
+  "version": "0.34.0",
   "description": "Scaffold a new Volt app — no-build, signals-based UI with Socket.io hot reload.",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {

package/templates/default/setup/setup.js

@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ const state = signal({
   s3Secret: current.S3_SECRET || "",
   s3PublicBase: current.S3_PUBLIC_BASE || "",
   port: current.PORT || String(defaultPort),
+  // detect the admin's timezone from their browser (the wizard runs here), so
+  // dates render in their zone — not the server's (usually UTC on a host).
+  tz: current.SITE_TZ || Intl.DateTimeFormat().resolvedOptions().timeZone || "",
 });
 const set = (patch) => state({ ...state(), ...patch });
 const toggle = (n) => state({ ...state(), addons: { ...state().addons, [n]: !state().addons[n] } });
@@ -46,6 +49,7 @@ const clean = (v) => String(v).replace(/[\r\n]/g, "").trim(); // one value per l
 function genEnv(s) {
   const eff = effective(s);
   const out = [`VOLT_ADDONS=${eff.join(",")}`, `PORT=${clean(s.port)}`];
+  if (s.tz) out.push(`SITE_TZ=${clean(s.tz)}`); // admin's timezone, for date display
   if (eff.includes("db")) {
     out.push(`DB_DRIVER=${clean(s.dbDriver)}`);
     if (s.dbDriver === "mongodb") {

package/templates/starter/setup/setup.js

@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ const state = signal({
   s3Secret: current.S3_SECRET || "",
   s3PublicBase: current.S3_PUBLIC_BASE || "",
   port: current.PORT || String(defaultPort),
+  // detect the admin's timezone from their browser (the wizard runs here), so
+  // dates render in their zone — not the server's (usually UTC on a host).
+  tz: current.SITE_TZ || Intl.DateTimeFormat().resolvedOptions().timeZone || "",
 });
 const set = (patch) => state({ ...state(), ...patch });
 const toggle = (n) => state({ ...state(), addons: { ...state().addons, [n]: !state().addons[n] } });
@@ -46,6 +49,7 @@ const clean = (v) => String(v).replace(/[\r\n]/g, "").trim(); // one value per l
 function genEnv(s) {
   const eff = effective(s);
   const out = [`VOLT_ADDONS=${eff.join(",")}`, `PORT=${clean(s.port)}`];
+  if (s.tz) out.push(`SITE_TZ=${clean(s.tz)}`); // admin's timezone, for date display
   if (eff.includes("db")) {
     out.push(`DB_DRIVER=${clean(s.dbDriver)}`);
     if (s.dbDriver === "mongodb") {