From 9020c458500dbcea66093aa2a9e9ff1b7502c2ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shawn Thompson <plansmash@me.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 10:45:20 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add filter to show full date

---
 .eleventy.js | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.eleventy.js b/.eleventy.js
index f786fcbcb..70d100d70 100644
--- a/.eleventy.js
+++ b/.eleventy.js
@@ -109,12 +109,22 @@ module.exports = function (eleventyConfig) {
     return collection.filter((item) => item.data.locale === locale);
   });
 
+  // Specific postDate filter for blog posts or other content with strict formatting
   eleventyConfig.addFilter("postDate", (dateObj) => {
     return DateTime.fromJSDate(dateObj, { zone: "utc" })
       .setLocale("en")
       .toFormat("yyyy'-'MM'-'dd");
   });
 
+  // Format date filter to display full date
+  eleventyConfig.addFilter("formatDate", function (dateObj) {
+    const locale = this.ctx.locale || 'en';  // Use the locale from the context, default to 'en'
+
+    return DateTime.fromJSDate(dateObj, { zone: "utc" })
+      .setLocale(locale)
+      .toLocaleString(DateTime.DATE_MED);  // Use DATE_MED to exclude the day of the week
+  });
+
   eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy({ "./src/_docs": "docs" });
   eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy({ "./src/_images": "img" });
   eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy({ "./src/CNAME": "CNAME" });