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+import {getLocales} from 'expo-localization'
+
+const LOCALE = getLocales()[0]
+
+// we need the date in the form yyyy-MM-dd to pass to the input
+export function toSimpleDateString(date: Date | string): string {
+  const _date = typeof date === 'string' ? new Date(date) : date
+  return _date.toISOString().split('T')[0]
+}
+
+export function localizeDate(date: Date | string): string {
+  const _date = typeof date === 'string' ? new Date(date) : date
+  return new Intl.DateTimeFormat(LOCALE.languageTag, {
+    timeZone: 'UTC',
+  }).format(_date)
+}