From 9421781cc7acb46ceb16e673fd435af3ec7ddd31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jake McDermott <yo@jakemcdermott.me>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2019 20:02:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add basic date formatter

---
 awx/ui_next/src/util/dates.jsx      |  6 ++++++
 awx/ui_next/src/util/dates.test.jsx | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 awx/ui_next/src/util/dates.jsx
 create mode 100644 awx/ui_next/src/util/dates.test.jsx

diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/util/dates.jsx b/awx/ui_next/src/util/dates.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..644c896562
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/util/dates.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/* eslint-disable import/prefer-default-export */
+import { getLanguage } from './language';
+
+export function formatDateString(dateString, lang = getLanguage(navigator)) {
+  return new Date(dateString).toLocaleString(lang);
+}
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/util/dates.test.jsx b/awx/ui_next/src/util/dates.test.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90b02c1185
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/util/dates.test.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { formatDateString } from './dates';
+
+describe('formatDateString', () => {
+  test('it returns the expected value', () => {
+    const lang = 'en-US';
+    expect(formatDateString('', lang)).toEqual('Invalid Date');
+    expect(formatDateString({}, lang)).toEqual('Invalid Date');
+    expect(formatDateString(undefined, lang)).toEqual('Invalid Date');
+    expect(formatDateString('2018-01-31T01:14:52.969227Z', lang)).toEqual(
+      '1/31/2018, 1:14:52 AM'
+    );
+  });
+});