X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/c446dd845656e944c2d3f91f8d00e320c37b66a1..b7f67c80916c2efa0c234ab5f4e92c24d47223c5:/apps/workbench/app/assets/javascripts/dates.js

diff --git a/apps/workbench/app/assets/javascripts/dates.js b/apps/workbench/app/assets/javascripts/dates.js
index b6eff83893..903fb01cb5 100644
--- a/apps/workbench/app/assets/javascripts/dates.js
+++ b/apps/workbench/app/assets/javascripts/dates.js
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 jQuery(function($){
 $(document).on('ajax:complete arv:pane:loaded ready', function() {
     $('[data-utc-date]').each(function(i, elm) {
+        // Try matching the date using a couple of different formats.
         var v = $(elm).attr('data-utc-date').match(/(\d\d\d\d)-(\d\d)-(\d\d) (\d\d):(\d\d):(\d\d) UTC/);
         if (!v) {
             v = $(elm).attr('data-utc-date').match(/(\d\d\d\d)-(\d\d)-(\d\d)T(\d\d):(\d\d):(\d\d)Z/);
         }
 
         if (v) {
+            // Create a new date object from the timestamp so the browser can
+            // render the date based on the locale/timezone.
             var ts = new Date(Date.UTC(v[1], v[2]-1, v[3], v[4], v[5], v[6]));
             if ($(elm).attr('data-utc-date-opts') && $(elm).attr('data-utc-date-opts').match(/noseconds/)) {
                 $(elm).text((ts.getHours() > 12 ? (ts.getHours()-12) : ts.getHours())