Thanks for coding this, Peter!

While we’re transitioning to a new integrated tracker, could you report the issue on our current main tracker at JoomlaCode and cross-reference each with a link to the other? Here’s the process for reporting on the other tracker:
http://docs.joomla.org/Filing_bugs_and_issues

Alternatively, let me know if you’d like me to create it for you and I can go ahead and do that.

Thanks in advance and thanks again for coding this, Peter!

I have reported it on you main tracker. The link is http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker/?action=TrackerItemEdit&tracker_item_id=30780 .

Thanks Peter! :)

Hi,
It looks like the first issue is fixed in 3.1.2. And maybe the second one too, but not sure: see comments in the Tracker.

This has indeed been fixed in the code base since then. The date is now properly set in the mod_articles_category helper, making this patch obsolete.

Little side note: There are other date formats than Y-m-d in the world, so you might not wanna hard code that in. ;-)