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4gray c97673b928 refactor: refactor date handling across components to use date-fns and Intl.DateTimeFormat
- Replaced moment.js usage with Intl.DateTimeFormat for date formatting in various components.
- Introduced utility functions `normalizeDateLocale` and `formatWithIntl` for locale normalization and date formatting.
- Updated PlaylistSwitcher, RecentPlaylists, ContentCard, EPG components, and MultiEpgContainer to utilize the new date formatting approach.
- Removed moment-date pipe and related tests, simplifying date handling logic.
- Ensured all date displays respect the current locale settings.

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# Date Handling
## Rules
- Use native `Date`, ISO strings, and epoch timestamps as the stored/runtime values.
- Use `date-fns` for parsing, arithmetic, and normalization logic.
- Use Angular `DatePipe` in templates when the value is already a `Date`, ISO string, or epoch timestamp.
- Use cached `Intl.DateTimeFormat` helpers in TypeScript-only formatting paths where Angular pipes are not available.
- Do not add new `moment` usage. The app no longer depends on it.
## Locale Strategy
- Date display should follow the user-selected app language from `TranslateService`.
- When a template renders localized month or weekday names, pass the normalized app locale explicitly to `DatePipe`.
- Angular locale data is registered in [apps/web/src/app/app-date-locales.ts](/Users/4gray/Code/iptvnator/apps/web/src/app/app-date-locales.ts).
- App language aliases are normalized in [libs/ui/pipes/src/lib/date-format.util.ts](/Users/4gray/Code/iptvnator/libs/ui/pipes/src/lib/date-format.util.ts):
- `ary` -> `ar-MA`
- `by` -> `be`
- `zhtw` -> `zh-Hant`
## Parsing Boundaries
- Normalize provider-specific or legacy date strings to ISO as early as possible.
- Keep optional epoch fields such as `startTimestamp` and `stopTimestamp` when the provider already supplies them.
- Avoid new non-standard `Date.parse(...)` usage for provider formats; prefer explicit `date-fns` parsing when the input is not ISO.