Maldet 2.01 displaying inconsistant information between formats

[Gazoo]

This bug is related to #482 which was closed but wasn't fully fixed. I also noticed that the dates are different between formats. If you call the text format the date gets listed as Apr 8 2026 06:50:06 (without the timezone) but if you call the json format it gets listed as Apr 8 2026 06:50:06 -0600 (with the timezone). Information should be consistent regardless of the format you choose (we really don't need to see the timezone).

Calling maldet --report list gives you this:

Linux Malware Detect v2.0.1
            (C) 2002-2026, R-fx Networks <proj@rfxn.com>
            (C) 2026, Ryan MacDonald <ryan@rfxn.com>
This program may be freely redistributed under the terms of the GNU GPL v2

Scan history (7):
 DATE                   SCANID               RUNTIME    FILES    HITS    QUAR    CLEANED    PATH
 Apr 9 2026 03:27:00    260409-0327.26765    19s        162      0       0       0          /var/www/vhosts/?/
 Apr 8 2026 09:39:44    260408-0939.39845    6s         163      49      0       0          /var/www/vhosts/testwilly.com/httpdocs/
 Apr 8 2026 09:29:33    260408-0929.34171    8s         139      25      25      0          /var/www/vhosts/testwilly.com/httpdocs/
 Apr 8 2026 09:24:43    260408-0924.30483    7s         141      25      25      0          /var/www/vhosts/testwilly.com/httpdocs/
 Apr 8 2026 07:44:43    260408-0744.22021    34s        140      26      26      0          /var/www/vhosts/testwilly.com/httpdocs/
 Apr 8 2026 06:50:06    260408-0650.12003    17s        264      150     0       0          /var/www/vhosts/testwilly.com/httpdocs/

Calling maldet --json-report list gives you this. Notice that the started has timezone information:

{
  "version": "1.0",
  "type": "report_list",
  "active": [
  ],
  "stopped": [
  ],
  "reports": [
    {"scan_id": "260408-0454.1031", "started": null, "total_files": null, "total_hits": null, "total_cleaned": 0, "total_quarantined": 0, "elapsed_seconds": null},
    {"scan_id": "260408-0650.12003", "started": "Apr  8 2026 06:50:06 -0600", "total_files": 264, "total_hits": 150, "total_cleaned": 0, "total_quarantined": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 17},
    {"scan_id": "260408-0744.22021", "started": "Apr  8 2026 07:44:43 -0600", "total_files": 140, "total_hits": 26, "total_cleaned": 0, "total_quarantined": 26, "elapsed_seconds": 34},
    {"scan_id": "260408-0924.30483", "started": "Apr  8 2026 09:24:43 -0600", "total_files": 141, "total_hits": 25, "total_cleaned": 0, "total_quarantined": 25, "elapsed_seconds": 7},
    {"scan_id": "260408-0929.34171", "started": "Apr  8 2026 09:29:33 -0600", "total_files": 139, "total_hits": 25, "total_cleaned": 0, "total_quarantined": 25, "elapsed_seconds": 8},
    {"scan_id": "260408-0939.39845", "started": "Apr  8 2026 09:39:44 -0600", "total_files": 163, "total_hits": 49, "total_cleaned": 0, "total_quarantined": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 6},
    {"scan_id": "260409-0327.26765", "started": "Apr  9 2026 03:27:00 -0600", "total_files": 162, "total_hits": 0, "total_cleaned": 0, "total_quarantined": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 19}
  ]
}```

[Gazoo]

Another thing I noticed was that when calling maldet --report list --all the reports are listed by the date from the newest to oldest in proper order but when you call maldet --report list --all --format json the reports are no longer ordered properly:

Notice that where is a March 29 in the middle of the started column.:

maldet --report list --all --format json
{
  "version": "1.0",
  "type": "report_list",
  "active": [
    {"scan_id": "260418-0234.1846301", "state": "stale", "pid": 1846366, "path": "/var/www/vhosts/?/", "engine": "clamdscan", "total_files": 339582, "hits": 0, "elapsed": 28727, "eta": null, "workers": 1, "sig_version": "2026041090472", "progress": {"position": 0, "total": 0}},
    {"scan_id": "260418-1028.2162408", "state": "running", "pid": 2162473, "path": "/var/www/vhosts/?/", "engine": "clamdscan", "total_files": 339583, "hits": 0, "elapsed": 297, "eta": null, "workers": 1, "sig_version": "2026041090472", "progress": {"position": 0, "total": 0}}
  ],
  "stopped": [
  ],
  "reports": [
    {"scan_id": "260415-0441.3128231", "started": "Apr 15 2026 04:41:30 -0600", "total_files": 339540, "total_hits": 35, "total_cleaned": 0, "total_quarantined": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 6074, "path": "/var/www/vhosts/?/"},
    {"scan_id": "260415-1049.3396706", "started": "Apr 15 2026 10:49:02 -0600", "total_files": 339543, "total_hits": 18, "total_cleaned": 0, "total_quarantined": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 6168, "path": "/var/www/vhosts/?/"},
    {"scan_id": "260416-0211.4029805", "started": "Apr 16 2026 02:11:57 -0600", "total_files": 339541, "total_hits": 17, "total_cleaned": 0, "total_quarantined": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 7195, "path": "/var/www/vhosts/?/"},
    {"scan_id": "260418-0327.1891974", "started": "Apr 18 2026 03:27:47 -0600", "total_files": 339582, "total_hits": 17, "total_cleaned": 0, "total_quarantined": 0, "elapsed_seconds": 6529, "path": "/var/www/vhosts/?/"},
    {"scan_id": "260329-0100.2778105", "started": "Mar 29 2026 01:00:02 -0600", "total_files": 766, "total_hits": 0, "total_cleaned": 0, "total_quarantined": null, "elapsed_seconds": 28, "path": "/var/www/vhosts/?/", "source": "legacy"},
    {"scan_id": "260405-0100.1359316", "started": "Apr  5 2026 01:00:01 -0600", "total_files": 211, "total_hits": 0, "total_cleaned": 0, "total_quarantined": null, "elapsed_seconds": 15, "path": "/var/www/vhosts/?/", "source": "legacy"},
    {"scan_id": "260412-0100.4155663", "started": "Apr 12 2026 01:00:02 -0600", "total_files": 1131, "total_hits": 0, "total_cleaned": 0, "total_quarantined": null, "elapsed_seconds": 49, "path": "/var/www/vhosts/?/", "source": "legacy"},
    {"scan_id": "260415-0428.3116005", "started": "Apr 15 2026 00:00:00 -0600", "total_files": 1, "total_hits": 1, "total_cleaned": 0, "total_quarantined": null, "elapsed_seconds": null, "path": null, "source": "legacy"}
  ]
}```