fix(ui): render absolute timestamps in the viewer's local timezone

Download event times showed raw UTC wall-clock (iso.slice). Added
formatDateTime()/formatLocalDate() (local tz, robust to naive vs tz-aware
ISO) and applied them to the download row + detail modal datetimes and the
credential/artist date displays. formatPostDate stays UTC (date-only,
locale-stable, unit-tested).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

frontend/src/components/artist/ArtistHeader.vue

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 
 <script setup>
 import { computed } from 'vue'
+import { formatLocalDate } from '../../utils/date.js'
 
 const props = defineProps({
   name:        { type: String, required: true },
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ const stats = computed(() => {
     parts.push(`${props.imageCount} image${props.imageCount === 1 ? '' : 's'}`)
   }
   if (props.lastAdded) {
-    parts.push(`last added ${props.lastAdded.slice(0, 10)}`)
+    parts.push(`last added ${formatLocalDate(props.lastAdded)}`)
   }
   return parts.join(' · ')
 })

frontend/src/components/credentials/PlatformCredentialRow.vue

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 </template>
 
 <script setup>
+import { formatLocalDate } from '../../utils/date.js'
+
 defineProps({
   platform: { type: Object, required: true },
   credential: { type: Object, default: null },
@@ -39,8 +41,7 @@ defineProps({
 defineEmits(['replace', 'remove'])
 
 function fmtDate(iso) {
-  if (!iso) return '—'
-  return iso.slice(0, 10)
+  return iso ? formatLocalDate(iso) : '—'
 }
 </script>
 

frontend/src/components/downloads/DownloadDetailModal.vue

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
       </v-card-title>
       <v-card-text>
         <p class="text-caption" style="opacity: 0.75">
-          {{ event.started_at }} → {{ event.finished_at || '(running)' }}
+          {{ formatDateTime(event.started_at) }} → {{ event.finished_at ? formatDateTime(event.finished_at) : '(running)' }}
           ({{ fmtDuration(event.summary?.duration_seconds) }})
         </p>
 
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ import { toast } from '../../utils/toast.js'
 import { computed } from 'vue'
 
 import { copyText } from '../../utils/clipboard.js'
+import { formatDateTime } from '../../utils/date.js'
 
 const props = defineProps({ event: { type: Object, default: null } })
 const emit = defineEmits(['close'])

frontend/src/components/downloads/DownloadEventRow.vue

@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ import { RouterLink } from 'vue-router'
 import PlatformChip from '../subscriptions/PlatformChip.vue'
 import { useSourcesStore } from '../../stores/sources.js'
 import { downloadStatusColor, downloadStatusIcon, downloadStatusLabel } from '../../utils/downloadStatus.js'
+import { formatDateTime } from '../../utils/date.js'
 
 const props = defineProps({ event: { type: Object, required: true } })
 defineEmits(['open'])
@@ -105,9 +106,7 @@ const statusIcon = computed(() => downloadStatusIcon(props.event.status))
 const statusLabel = computed(() => downloadStatusLabel(props.event.status))
 
 function fmtTime(iso) {
-  if (!iso) return '—'
-  // 2026-05-27 23:36 — second granularity is in the row's title attr
-  return iso.slice(0, 16).replace('T', ' ')
+  return iso ? formatDateTime(iso) : '—'
 }
 function fmtDuration(sec) {
   if (sec == null) return '—'

frontend/src/components/subscriptions/CredentialCard.vue

@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ import { toast } from '../../utils/toast.js'
 import { computed, ref } from 'vue'
 import PlatformChip from './PlatformChip.vue'
 import { useCredentialsStore } from '../../stores/credentials.js'
+import { formatLocalDate } from '../../utils/date.js'
 
 const props = defineProps({
   platform: { type: Object, required: true },
@@ -195,8 +196,7 @@ const howToFallback = computed(() => {
 })
 
 function fmtDate(iso) {
-  if (!iso) return '—'
-  return iso.slice(0, 10)
+  return iso ? formatLocalDate(iso) : '—'
 }
 </script>
 

frontend/src/utils/date.js

@@ -32,3 +32,32 @@ export function formatRelative(iso, opts = {}) {
   if (future) return diff <= 0 ? 'imminent' : `in ${body}`
   return `${body} ago`
 }
+
+// Parse a backend timestamp as a UTC instant. Backend serializes tz-aware
+// UTC (…+00:00); if a value ever arrives without a tz designator we treat
+// it as UTC so it still converts to the viewer's zone correctly.
+function _parseUtc (iso) {
+  if (typeof iso !== 'string' || !iso) return null
+  const hasTz = /([zZ])$|([+-]\d{2}:?\d{2})$/.test(iso)
+  const d = new Date(hasTz ? iso : `${iso}Z`)
+  return isNaN(d.getTime()) ? null : d
+}
+
+// Local-timezone date + time, e.g. "May 28, 7:30 PM". Use for absolute
+// timestamps that were previously shown as raw UTC ISO.
+export function formatDateTime (iso) {
+  const d = _parseUtc(iso)
+  if (!d) return ''
+  return d.toLocaleString(undefined, {
+    month: 'short', day: 'numeric', hour: '2-digit', minute: '2-digit',
+  })
+}
+
+// Local-timezone date only, e.g. "May 28, 2026".
+export function formatLocalDate (iso) {
+  const d = _parseUtc(iso)
+  if (!d) return ''
+  return d.toLocaleDateString(undefined, {
+    year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric',
+  })
+}