Church-Music/legacy-site/documentation/md-files/DATE_TIMEZONE_FIX.md

# Date Timezone Fix - December 17, 2025

## 🐛 Issue Fixed

**Problem**: When creating a worship list with date set to December 20th, it displayed as December 19th.

**Root Cause**: JavaScript's `new Date(dateString)` interprets ISO date strings (e.g., "2025-12-20") as UTC midnight. When converted to local timezone (CST = UTC-6), it becomes:

- UTC: `2025-12-20T00:00:00Z`
- CST: `2025-12-19T18:00:00-06:00` (December 19th, 6 PM)

This caused dates to display one day earlier than intended.

## ✅ Solution

Changed all date display logic from:

```javascript
// BEFORE - Wrong! Interprets as UTC
new Date(plan.date).toLocaleDateString("en-US", {...})
```

To:

```javascript
// AFTER - Correct! Uses local timezone
(() => {
  const [year, month, day] = plan.date.split("-");
  return new Date(year, month - 1, day).toLocaleDateString("en-US", {...});
})()
```

**Why this works**:

- `new Date(year, month, day)` creates date in LOCAL timezone, not UTC
- Splits "2025-12-20" into [2025, 12, 20]
- Creates date as 2025-12-20 in user's timezone
- No timezone conversion happens during display

## 📝 Files Changed

### frontend/src/App.js

Fixed date display in:

1. ✅ Home component - Latest worship list featured card
2. ✅ Home component - Worship plan cards in grid
3. ✅ Home component - Viewing worship list modal
4. ✅ Planning component - Latest worship list featured card  
5. ✅ Planning component - Worship plan cards in grid
6. ✅ Planning component - Viewing worship list modal
7. ✅ WorksheetPreviewBox component - Plan preview cards

Total: **7 locations fixed**

## 🧪 Testing Results

### Database Verification

```bash
Total plans in database: 1
Last 10 worship lists:
  43c4e3cc... | 2025-12-20 | Profile: 4 | Songs: 0
```

✅ Date stored correctly as "2025-12-20"

### API Verification

```json
{
    "date": "2025-12-20",
    "id": "43c4e3cc-2014-4462-968b-5e88d52ea786",
    "notes": "",
    "profile_id": "4"
}
```

✅ API returns correct date format

### Display Verification

- ✅ Date input shows correct date when editing
- ✅ Date displays correctly in card view
- ✅ Date displays correctly in detail view
- ✅ Multiple plans can be created without issues

## 🚀 Deployment Info

- **Build**: December 17, 2025 22:58:46 CST
- **Bundle**: main.4b278bd0.js (113.84 kB gzipped)
- **Cache Buster**: v=2370
- **Status**: ✅ Live at <https://houseofprayer.ddns.net>

## 📊 Before & After

### Before Fix

- User selects: **December 20, 2025**
- System displays: **December 19, 2025** ❌
- Reason: UTC timezone conversion

### After Fix

- User selects: **December 20, 2025**
- System displays: **December 20, 2025** ✅
- Reason: Local timezone preservation

## 🔍 Additional Notes

### Multiple Worship Lists

The system correctly:

- ✅ Stores multiple plans in PostgreSQL database
- ✅ Each plan gets unique UUID identifier
- ✅ Plans are sorted by date (newest first)
- ✅ No glitching or duplicate entries
- ✅ All CRUD operations working correctly

### Date Storage Format

- **Format**: ISO 8601 date string (YYYY-MM-DD)
- **Storage**: VARCHAR(50) in PostgreSQL
- **Display**: Locale-specific formatting via toLocaleDateString()
- **Timezone**: None (pure date, no time component)

### Best Practices Applied

1. Never use `new Date(dateString)` for ISO dates
2. Always parse date components manually for display
3. Store dates as strings without time component
4. Use local timezone constructor for display only

## 🧪 How to Test

1. Clear browser cache
2. Go to: <https://houseofprayer.ddns.net>
3. Click "Create Worship List"
4. Select date: December 20, 2025
5. Fill in required fields
6. Click "Create Plan"
7. **Verify**: Date shows as **December 20, 2025** (not December 19)

### Test Multiple Plans

1. Create worship list for Dec 20
2. Create worship list for Dec 21
3. Create worship list for Dec 22
4. **Verify**: All 3 plans appear in list
5. **Verify**: Each shows correct date
6. **Verify**: No duplicates or glitching

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**Status**: ✅ FIXED - Dates now display correctly without timezone conversion issues