chromium-status: fix interpretation of week days when localizing timestamps

static/js/main/main.js

 // Copyright 2013 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 /*
  * Code for the main user-visible status page.
  */
 
 window.onload = function() {
   document.add_new_message.message.focus();
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     }
 
     function long_date(date) { // RFC2822
       return format(date, 'EEE, dd MMM yyyy', 'HH:mm:ss z');
     }
 
     function short_date(date) {
       return format(date, 'EEE, dd MMM', 'HH:mm');
     }
 
-    var tzname = locale.format(new Date(), {
+    var now = new Date();
+    var curr_year = now.getFullYear();
+
+    var tzname = locale.format(now, {
         selector: 'time',
         timePattern: 'z'
       });
 
     var i, elements;
 
     // Convert all the fields that have a timezone already.
     elements = document.getElementsByName('date.datetz');
     for (i = 0; i < elements.length; ++i)
       elements[i].innerText = long_date(elements[i].innerText);
 
     // Convert all the fields that lack a timezone (which we know is UTC).
+    // We'll assume the timestamps represent the current year as it'll only
+    // really affect the short day-of-week name, and even then it'll only be
+    // slightly off during the ~1st week of January.
     elements = document.getElementsByName('date.date');
     for (i = 0; i < elements.length; ++i)
-      elements[i].innerText = short_date(elements[i].innerText + ' UTC');
+      elements[i].innerText = short_date(elements[i].innerText + ' ' + curr_year
+                                         + ' UTC');
 
     // Convert all the fields that are just a timezone.
     elements = document.getElementsByName('date.tz');
     for (i = 0; i < elements.length; ++i)
       elements[i].innerText = tzname;
   });
 }
 
 /*
  * Functions for managing the help text.
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   var help = document.getElementById('help');
   help.style.left = message.offsetLeft + 'px';
   help.style.top = message.offsetTop + message.offsetHeight + 'px';
   help.hidden = false;
 }
 
 function help_hide() {
   var help = document.getElementById('help');
   help.hidden = true;
 }