Using flask_moment to display a date in the web user's local format

I am learning from Miguel Grinberg's excellent Flask Mega-Tutorial and writing an app which tracks the items in two freezers. Dates are saved in UTC in the database but I want to display them in the user's local format in the browser, using flask_moment, as described in https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/the-flask-mega-tutorial-part-xii-dates-and-times.

models.py

class Item(db.Model):
    id: so.Mapped[int] = so.mapped_column(primary_key=True)
...
    use_by_date: so.Mapped[date] = so.mapped_column(index=True)
...
    def __repr__(self):
        return f"{self.description}, {self.amount}, Use by {self.use_by_date}"


routes.py

@bp.route('/search_items_by_description', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
@login_required
def search_items_by_description():
    form = SearchItemsByDescriptionForm()
    if form.validate_on_submit():
...
        items = db.session.scalars(items_query).all()
        title = f"Items with '{search_description}' in their Description"
        return render_template('main/list_items.html', items=items, title=title)
    return render_template('main/search_items_by_description.html', form=form)


@bp.route('/search_items_by_use_by_date', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
@login_required
def search_items_by_use_by_date():
    form = SearchItemsByUseByDateForm()
    if form.validate_on_submit():
...
        items = db.session.scalars(items_query).all()
        title = f"Items with Use By Date older than {search_date}"
        return render_template('main/list_items.html', items=items, title=title)
    return render_template('main/search_items_by_use_by_date.html', form=form)


@bp.route('/search_items_by_location', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
@login_required
def search_items_by_location():
    form = SearchItemsByLocationForm()
    if form.validate_on_submit():
...
        items = db.session.scalars(items_query).all()
        title = f"Items in {location_name} location"
...
        return render_template('main/list_items.html', items=items, title=title)
    return render_template('main/search_items_by_location.html', form=form)


list_items.html template

{% extends "main/base.html" %}
{% import "main/bootstrap_wtf.html" as wtf %}

{% block content %}
    <div class="page-header">

        <h1>{{ title }}</h1>
        <table class="table table-bordered border-primary">
            <thead>
                <tr>
...
                    <th>Use By Date</th>
...
                </tr>
            </thead>
            <tbody>
            {% for item in items %}
                <tr>
...
                    <td>{{ moment(item.use_by_date).format('L') }}</td>
...
                </tr>
            {% endfor %}
            </tbody>
        </table>
    </div>
{% endblock %}

I have several forms which allow search by different criteria, with the resulting items being displayed using a common list_items.html template. Only the title changes, according to the search criterion which was made. I have had success displaying the use_by_date of each of the items but I have not found a way to format a search_date passed as part of the title in the search_items_by_use_by_date case. At present, the web client shows this:

Items with Use By Date older than 2025-11-25

Description        Amount   Location        Use By Date
Christmas pudding   1       Second shelf    31/12/2026
Garlic bread        1   Top shelf       31/12/2026

Sorry about the formatting but I hope the problem is clear - the date in the title is the default format (which I don't want) and the date for each item is in local format (which I do want).

I know I could write a special use_by_date_list_items.html template and pass the search_date as a keyword argument but I'm curious. Is there some way of using moment to format a date passed as part of the title but not in a separate keyword?