blog-backup/docs/TITLE_FORMAT.md

Daily Digest Title Format Standard

Standard Format

All Daily Digest titles must follow this exact format:

## Daily Digest - {DayName}, {Month} {Day}, {Year}

Examples

✅ Correct:

• ## Daily Digest - Monday, February 24, 2026
• ## Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 3, 2026
• ## Daily Digest - Sunday, December 31, 2026

❌ Incorrect:

• ## Daily Digest - February 24, 2026 (missing day name)
• ## Daily Digest - Monday, February 24th, 2026 (uses ordinal "24th")
• # Daily Digest - Monday, February 24, 2026 (wrong header level)

Rules

1. Header Level: Always use ## (H2), not # (H1) or ### (H3)
2. Day Name: Always include the full day name (Monday, Tuesday, etc.)
3. Month: Full month name (January, February, etc.)
4. Day: Plain number without ordinal suffix (24, not 24th)
5. Year: Full 4-digit year (2026, not 26)
6. Separators: Comma after day name, comma after day number

Code Reference

If you need to generate a title programmatically, use this function:

function getDayName(dateStr: string): string {
  const days = ['Sunday', 'Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday', 'Saturday'];
  const date = new Date(dateStr + 'T12:00:00'); // Use noon to avoid timezone issues
  return days[date.getDay()];
}

function formatDateForTitle(dateStr: string): string {
  const months = [
    'January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June',
    'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December'
  ];
  const [year, month, day] = dateStr.split('-');
  const monthName = months[parseInt(month, 10) - 1];
  return `${monthName} ${parseInt(day, 10)}, ${year}`;
}

function generateStandardTitle(dateStr: string): string {
  const dayName = getDayName(dateStr);
  const datePart = formatDateForTitle(dateStr);
  return `## Daily Digest - ${dayName}, ${datePart}`;
}

// Example usage:
const title = generateStandardTitle('2026-02-24');
// Returns: "## Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 24, 2026"

Migration History

Last Migration: 2026-02-24

• Migrated 9 existing posts to the new standard format
• Script: scripts/migrate-titles.js
• Run with: node scripts/migrate-titles.js
• Dry run: node scripts/migrate-titles.js --dry-run