attempt to show locale when using default values for showRequiredDate

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ Requires macOS 12.0 and higher.
  - Ex: Device is on 14.3 and needing to go to 14.5.
  - While 14.4.1 -> 14.5 are not under active exploit, 14.4 contains fixes for 14.3 that were under active exploit.
  - Addresses [610](https://github.com/macadmins/nudge/issues/610) and [613](https://github.com/macadmins/nudge/issues/613)
+- When `showRequiredDate` is set to `True` and the admin is using the default values for `requiredInstallationDisplayFormat`, Nudge will attempt to understand the current locale and display the menu item appropriately.
+ - Addresses [615](https://github.com/macadmins/nudge/issues/615)
 
 ## [2.0.4] - 2024-07-23
 Requires macOS 12.0 and higher.

Nudge/Utilities/Utils.swift

@@ -553,10 +553,20 @@ struct DateManager {
  return formatter
  }()
 
- func coerceDateToString(date: Date, formatterString: String) -> String {
- let formatter = DateFormatter()
- formatter.dateFormat = formatterString
- return formatter.string(from: date)
+ func coerceDateToString(date: Date, formatterString: String, locale: Locale? = nil) -> String {
+ if formatterString == "MM/dd/yyyy" {
+ // Use the specified locale or the current locale if none is provided
+ let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
+ dateFormatter.dateStyle = .short
+ dateFormatter.timeStyle = .none
+ dateFormatter.locale = locale ?? Locale.current
+ return dateFormatter.string(from: date)
+ } else {
+ let formatter = DateFormatter()
+ formatter.dateFormat = formatterString
+ formatter.locale = locale ?? Locale.current
+ return formatter.string(from: date)
+ }
  }
 
  func coerceStringToDate(dateString: String) -> Date {