Fix Date and Time display formats on JS side

app/assets/javascripts/protocols/import_export/import.js.erb

@@ -115,8 +115,29 @@ function importProtocolFromFile(
         $("#protocol_authors").val($(this).children("authors").text());
         $("#import_protocol_description").val($(this).children("description").text());
       }
-      $("#protocol_created_at").val($(this).children("created_at").text());
+
-      $("#protocol_updated_at").val($(this).children("updated_at").text());
+      $.ajax({
+        url: "/helpers/to_user_date_format.json",
+        type: "GET",
+        data: { "timestamp": $(this).children("created_at").text(),
+                "ts_format": "full" },
+        dataType: "json",
+        async: false,
+        success: function (data) {
+          $("#protocol_created_at").val(data.ts);
+        }
+      });
+      $.ajax({
+        url: "/helpers/to_user_date_format.json",
+        type: "GET",
+        data: { "timestamp": $(this).children("updated_at").text(),
+                "ts_format": "full" },
+        dataType: "json",
+        async: false,
+        success: function (data) {
+          $("#protocol_updated_at").val(data.ts);
+        }
+      });
     });
 
     // PREVIEW

app/controllers/application_controller.rb

@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
     Team.find_by_id(current_user.current_team_id)
   end
 
+  def to_user_date_format
+    ts = I18n.l(Time.parse(params[:timestamp]),
+                format: params[:ts_format].to_sym)
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.json do
+        render json: { ts: ts }, status: :ok
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   protected
 
   def render_403(style = 'danger')

config/routes.rb

@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
     get 'forbidden', to: 'application#forbidden', as: 'forbidden'
     get 'not_found', to: 'application#not_found', as: 'not_found'
 
+    # JS backend helpers
+    get 'helpers/to_user_date_format',
+        to: 'application#to_user_date_format',
+        as: 'to_user_date_format',
+        defaults: { format: 'json' }
+
     # Settings
     resources :users, only: :index # needed for testing signup
     # needed for testing edit passowrd