CT-Ops

Display Settings

Global CT-Ops settings that control dashboard date display.

The Display settings control how dates are shown across CT-Ops dashboard pages that use the shared date formatter. Host activity notes use this setting for note updated timestamps in the Notes table and note detail dialog, and Host Networks uses it for network creation, discovered-network last-seen, and network member date-time fields.

Open the page from Settings. The display card is part of the main settings page at /settings.

Access and scope

Only instance administrators can change display settings. Non-admin users see the effective date format but cannot update it.

The setting is instance-wide. It applies to the current CT-Ops instance and is stored in instance metadata as displaySettings.dateFormat.

Display card

The Display card explains that the setting controls how dates are shown across the dashboard.

Field or control	Default	Validation	What it does
Date format	`31/12/2026` (`dd/MM/yyyy`)	Must be one of the supported options	Selects the date portion used by shared dashboard date and date-time rendering.
Save	Disabled until the selected value differs from the stored value	Server-side administrator access and supported-format validation	Persists the selected date format. The button changes to Saving… while the request is in flight.
Saved	Hidden	Appears after a successful save	Confirms CT-Ops stored the setting.

Supported date formats:

Option label	Stored value
`31/12/2026`	`dd/MM/yyyy`
`12/31/2026`	`MM/dd/yyyy`
`2026-12-31`	`yyyy-MM-dd`
`31 Dec 2026`	`dd MMM yyyy`

Times are rendered with a 24-hour clock by the shared formatter. If a date value is missing, shared dashboard formatting shows Never; if a value cannot be parsed as a date, it shows Invalid date.

Dashboard effects

The setting affects the Notes tab on Host Activity:

Host activity area	Effect
Notes table -> Date	Shows each note’s last updated timestamp using the selected date format.
Note details dialog	Shows the note author and updated timestamp using the selected date format.
Pinned notes on Overview	Shows pinned note timestamps using the selected date format.
Host Networks	Shows managed network creation timestamps, discovered network last-seen timestamps, and network member date-time fields using the selected date format.

Calendar event rows on the Host Activity page use the event-specific calendar date renderer. The event detail dialog still exposes the event’s stored timezone so operators can confirm which timezone applies to the planned work.

Operator guidance

Choose the format your operators expect during handover and incident response. Use yyyy-MM-dd when logs, tickets, and automation output are usually ISO-shaped. Use dd/MM/yyyy or MM/dd/yyyy only when that matches the primary operator locale, because ambiguous dates such as 04/05/2026 can be misread across regions.