From b095e0451d9794839315e32ae76ac4c7e7a23fe4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jaron <jaron@hat.fish>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:45:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix date off by one

---
 app/components/WritingList.vue              | 17 +++++----------
 app/pages/writing/[...slug].vue             | 23 ++++++---------------
 app/utils/dates.ts                          | 16 ++++++++++++++
 app/utils/projects.ts                       | 16 +++++++-------
 content.config.ts                           |  4 ++--
 content/projects/unicord.md                 |  1 +
 content/writing/2023/ai-barrier-of-entry.md |  1 +
 7 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 app/utils/dates.ts

diff --git a/app/components/WritingList.vue b/app/components/WritingList.vue
index c1ae5a7..43c91c3 100644
--- a/app/components/WritingList.vue
+++ b/app/components/WritingList.vue
@@ -1,20 +1,13 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
+import { contentDateAttr, formatContentDate } from '~/utils/dates';
+
 defineProps<{
     pages: Array<{
         path: string;
         title: string;
-        date: string | Date;
+        date: string;
     }>;
 }>();
-
-const formatDate = (dateString: string | Date) => {
-    return new Date(dateString).toLocaleDateString('en-US', {
-        month: 'short',
-        day: 'numeric',
-        year: 'numeric',
-        timeZone: 'UTC',
-    });
-};
 </script>
 
 <template>
@@ -27,8 +20,8 @@ const formatDate = (dateString: string | Date) => {
         >
             <span class="listing__title">{{ page.title }}</span>
             <span class="listing__rule" aria-hidden="true"></span>
-            <time :datetime="new Date(page.date).toISOString()">{{
-                formatDate(page.date)
+            <time :datetime="contentDateAttr(page.date)">{{
+                formatContentDate(page.date)
             }}</time>
         </NuxtLink>
     </template>
diff --git a/app/pages/writing/[...slug].vue b/app/pages/writing/[...slug].vue
index d8089b9..a20cbd3 100644
--- a/app/pages/writing/[...slug].vue
+++ b/app/pages/writing/[...slug].vue
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <script lang="ts" setup>
+import { contentDateAttr, formatContentDate } from '~/utils/dates';
 import {
     DEFAULT_IMAGE,
     SITE_NAME,
@@ -54,19 +55,11 @@ if (!data.value) {
 const page = computed(() => data.value?.article ?? null);
 const isFolder = computed(() => data.value?.kind === 'folder');
 const articleTitle = page.value?.title ?? folderName.value;
-const formatDate = (date: Date | string) => {
-    return new Date(date).toLocaleDateString('en-US', {
-        month: 'long',
-        day: 'numeric',
-        year: 'numeric',
-        timeZone: 'UTC',
-    });
-};
 const articleDescription = page.value
     ? page.value.description
     : `Writing from ${folderName.value}`;
 const layoutDescription = page.value
-    ? formatDate(page.value.date)
+    ? formatContentDate(page.value.date, 'long')
     : articleDescription;
 
 useSeoMeta({
@@ -83,10 +76,10 @@ useSeoMeta({
     twitterDescription: articleDescription,
     twitterImage: DEFAULT_IMAGE,
     articlePublishedTime: page.value
-        ? new Date(page.value.date).toISOString()
+        ? contentDateAttr(page.value.date)
         : undefined,
     articleModifiedTime: page.value
-        ? new Date(page.value.date).toISOString()
+        ? contentDateAttr(page.value.date)
         : undefined,
     articleAuthor: page.value ? [SITE_NAME] : undefined,
 });
@@ -131,12 +124,8 @@ useHead({
                               url: articleUrl,
                               headline: articleTitle,
                               description: articleDescription,
-                              datePublished: new Date(
-                                  page.value.date,
-                              ).toISOString(),
-                              dateModified: new Date(
-                                  page.value.date,
-                              ).toISOString(),
+                              datePublished: contentDateAttr(page.value.date),
+                              dateModified: contentDateAttr(page.value.date),
                               image: {
                                   '@type': 'ImageObject',
                                   '@id': `${articleUrl}#article-image`,
diff --git a/app/utils/dates.ts b/app/utils/dates.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47b4a16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/utils/dates.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+const YMD = /^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})/;
+const HAS_TZ = /(?:Z|[+-]\d{2}:?\d{2})$/i;
+
+export function formatContentDate(value: string, month: 'short' | 'long' = 'short') {
+    const match = YMD.exec(value);
+    if (!match) return '';
+    return new Date(Date.UTC(+match[1], +match[2] - 1, +match[3], 12)).toLocaleDateString(
+        'en-US',
+        { month, day: 'numeric', year: 'numeric', timeZone: 'UTC' },
+    );
+}
+
+export function contentDateAttr(value: string) {
+    if (HAS_TZ.test(value)) return new Date(value).toISOString();
+    return YMD.exec(value)?.[0] ?? '';
+}
diff --git a/app/utils/projects.ts b/app/utils/projects.ts
index b898fdb..a436bed 100644
--- a/app/utils/projects.ts
+++ b/app/utils/projects.ts
@@ -5,16 +5,14 @@ export function projectEntryHref(page: {
     return page.href || `/projects${page.path}`;
 }
 
-export function sortProjects<
-    T extends { title: string; date?: Date | string | null },
->(pages: T[]) {
+export function sortProjects<T extends { title: string; date?: string | null }>(
+    pages: T[],
+) {
     return [...pages].sort((a, b) => {
-        const aTime = a.date ? new Date(a.date).getTime() : Number.NaN;
-        const bTime = b.date ? new Date(b.date).getTime() : Number.NaN;
-        const aHasDate = !Number.isNaN(aTime);
-        const bHasDate = !Number.isNaN(bTime);
-        if (aHasDate && bHasDate && aTime !== bTime) return bTime - aTime;
-        if (aHasDate !== bHasDate) return aHasDate ? -1 : 1;
+        if (!a.date && !b.date) return a.title.localeCompare(b.title);
+        if (!a.date) return 1;
+        if (!b.date) return -1;
+        if (a.date !== b.date) return b.date.localeCompare(a.date);
         return a.title.localeCompare(b.title);
     });
 }
diff --git a/content.config.ts b/content.config.ts
index 4aff4ba..d1eb7c1 100644
--- a/content.config.ts
+++ b/content.config.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export default defineContentConfig({
             },
             schema: z.object({
                 title: z.string(),
-                date: z.coerce.date(),
+                date: z.string(),
                 description: z.string(),
                 hidden: z.boolean().optional(),
             }),
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export default defineContentConfig({
                 description: z.string(),
                 href: z.string().optional(),
                 hidden: z.boolean().optional(),
-                date: z.coerce.date().optional(),
+                date: z.string().optional(),
                 image: z.string().optional(),
             }),
         }),
diff --git a/content/projects/unicord.md b/content/projects/unicord.md
index 96f4031..6d3efb7 100644
--- a/content/projects/unicord.md
+++ b/content/projects/unicord.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 title: Unicord 🦄
 description: A Discord bot SDK that works like a web server.
 # href: https://unicord.hat.fish
+date: 2025-01-12
 ---
 
 I wanted writing a Discord bot to feel like writing a small web app. Register a handler, get a request, send a reply. *Bang!...bot done.* This became particularly interesting once bots could be served over HTTP.
diff --git a/content/writing/2023/ai-barrier-of-entry.md b/content/writing/2023/ai-barrier-of-entry.md
index 7bf950e..e50c0be 100644
--- a/content/writing/2023/ai-barrier-of-entry.md
+++ b/content/writing/2023/ai-barrier-of-entry.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 title: AI and the Barrier of Entry
 date: 2023-03-25T12:00:00.000Z
 description: We are witnessing the next major wave of technological innovation. And it's never been easier to be a part of it.
+hidden: true
 ---
 
 To be fair the term itself, **AI**, has had its meaning stretched pretty thin in the last few years. :margin-note[(Artificial Intelligence. The label has been doing too much work.)] It's been used to describe everything from a simple chatbot to a self driving car. That use is extremely broad. It doesn't really describe the space we think of as "AI".