Cleanup date formatting on events

Author: allcreatures

_includes/home-news-bar.html

@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ <h3>What's New
                                 <h4>{{ post.title }}</h4>
                             </div>
                             {% if post.human_date and post.human_date != '' %}
-                            <div class="card-text">{{ post.human_date | date_to_string }}</div>
+                            <div class="card-text">{{ post.human_date }}</div>
                             {% else %}
-                            <div class="card-text">{{ post.date | date_to_string }}</div>
+                            <div class="card-text">{{ post.date | date: "%B %-d, %Y" }}</div>
                             {% endif %}
                             <a class="btn btn-primary" href="{% if post.source_url and post.source_url != '' %}{{ post.source_url }}{% else %}{{ post.url | relative_url }}{% endif %}">
 

_layouts/event.html

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ <h1>{{ page.title }}
             <div class="metadata">
                 <div class="date">
                 {% if page.human_date and page.human_date != '' %}
-                 {{ page.human_date }}
+                 🗓️ {{ page.human_date }}
                 {% endif %}
                 {% if page.human_time and page.human_time != '' %}
                  | {{ page.human_time }}

_posts/2025-09-12-graphics-programming-conference-2025.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ tags: [slang]
 event_type: ""
 author: ""
 image: "/images/events/2025-11-18-slang-graphics-programming-conference-2025.webp"
-human_date: "🗓️ November 18-20, 2025"
+human_date: "November 18-20, 2025"
 event_button_label: "Learn More"
 ---