Feature/extend supported date formats in activities import (#2362)

* Extend supported date formats in activities import

* Update changelog

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Added
 
+- Added support for dates in `DD.MM.YYYY` format in the activities import
 - Set up the language localization for Türkçe (`tr`)
 
 ## 2.4.0 - 2023-09-19

apps/client/src/app/services/import-activities.service.ts

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { CreateAccountDto } from '@ghostfolio/api/app/account/create-account.dto';
 import { CreateOrderDto } from '@ghostfolio/api/app/order/create-order.dto';
 import { Activity } from '@ghostfolio/api/app/order/interfaces/activities.interface';
+import { parseDate as parseDateHelper } from '@ghostfolio/common/helper';
 import { Account, DataSource, Type } from '@prisma/client';
-import { isMatch, parse, parseISO } from 'date-fns';
 import { isFinite } from 'lodash';
 import { parse as csvToJson } from 'papaparse';
 import { EMPTY } from 'rxjs';
@@ -219,31 +219,12 @@ export class ImportActivitiesService {
     item: any;
   }) {
     item = this.lowercaseKeys(item);
-    let date: string;
 
     for (const key of ImportActivitiesService.DATE_KEYS) {
       if (item[key]) {
-        if (isMatch(item[key], 'dd-MM-yyyy') && item[key].length === 10) {
-          // Check length to only match yyyy (and not yy)
-          date = parse(item[key], 'dd-MM-yyyy', new Date()).toISOString();
-        } else if (
-          isMatch(item[key], 'dd/MM/yyyy') &&
-          item[key].length === 10
-        ) {
-          // Check length to only match yyyy (and not yy)
-          date = parse(item[key], 'dd/MM/yyyy', new Date()).toISOString();
-        } else if (isMatch(item[key], 'yyyyMMdd') && item[key].length === 8) {
-          // Check length to only match yyyy (and not yy)
-          date = parse(item[key], 'yyyyMMdd', new Date()).toISOString();
-        } else {
-          try {
-            date = parseISO(item[key]).toISOString();
-          } catch {}
-        }
-
-        if (date) {
-          return date;
-        }
+        try {
+          return parseDateHelper(item[key].toString()).toISOString();
+        } catch {}
       }
     }
 

libs/common/src/lib/helper.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 import * as currencies from '@dinero.js/currencies';
 import { DataSource } from '@prisma/client';
 import Big from 'big.js';
-import { getDate, getMonth, getYear, parse, subDays } from 'date-fns';
+import {
+  getDate,
+  getMonth,
+  getYear,
+  isMatch,
+  parse,
+  parseISO,
+  subDays
+} from 'date-fns';
 import { de, es, fr, it, nl, pt, tr } from 'date-fns/locale';
 
 import { ghostfolioScraperApiSymbolPrefix, locale } from './config';
@@ -284,8 +292,34 @@ export const DATE_FORMAT = 'yyyy-MM-dd';
 export const DATE_FORMAT_MONTHLY = 'MMMM yyyy';
 export const DATE_FORMAT_YEARLY = 'yyyy';
 
-export function parseDate(date: string) {
-  return parse(date, DATE_FORMAT, new Date());
+export function parseDate(date: string): Date | null {
+  // Transform 'yyyyMMdd' format to supported format by parse function
+  if (date.length === 8) {
+    const match = date.match(/^(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{2})$/);
+
+    if (match) {
+      const [, year, month, day] = match;
+      date = `${year}-${month}-${day}`;
+    }
+  }
+
+  const dateFormat = [
+    'dd-MM-yyyy',
+    'dd/MM/yyyy',
+    'dd.MM.yyyy',
+    'yyyy-MM-dd',
+    'yyyy/MM/dd',
+    'yyyy.MM.dd',
+    'yyyyMMdd'
+  ].find((format) => {
+    return isMatch(date, format) && format.length === date.length;
+  });
+
+  if (dateFormat) {
+    return parse(date, dateFormat, new Date());
+  }
+
+  return parseISO(date);
 }
 
 export function prettifySymbol(aSymbol: string): string {

test/import/ok.csv

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Date,Code,Currency,Price,Quantity,Action,Fee
+16-09-2021,MSFT,USD,298.580,5,buy,19.00
 17/11/2021,MSFT,USD,0.62,5,dividend,0.00
-16/09/2021,MSFT,USD,298.580,5,buy,19.00
-01/01/2022,Penthouse Apartment,USD,500000.0,1,item,0.00
-06/06/2050,MSFT,USD,0.00,0,buy,0.00
+01.01.2022,Penthouse Apartment,USD,500000.0,1,item,0.00
+20500606,MSFT,USD,0.00,0,buy,0.00