From e82a83c8cf5e8721f80bb426c3dfdd9549e09a88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kolaente <k@knt.li>
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2022 15:19:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: properly parse dates or null

Resolves https://kolaente.dev/vikunja/frontend/issues/2214
---
 src/helpers/parseDateOrNull.ts | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/helpers/parseDateOrNull.ts b/src/helpers/parseDateOrNull.ts
index 656e36dfc..836b3040d 100644
--- a/src/helpers/parseDateOrNull.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/parseDateOrNull.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 /**
  * Make date objects from timestamps
-*/
+ */
 export function parseDateOrNull(date) {
 	if (date instanceof Date) {
 		return date
 	}
 
-	if (date && !date.startsWith('0001')) {
+	if ((typeof date === 'string' || date instanceof String) && !date.startsWith('0001')) {
 		return new Date(date)
 	}
+
 	return null
 }