From e09a7d99f03bd3474c8db8f395fc7a867674caec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cv <34649812+cpvalente@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:16:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: handle unexpected data types

---
 apps/server/src/utils/time.ts | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/apps/server/src/utils/time.ts b/apps/server/src/utils/time.ts
index d92aa7488..9beb41a16 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/utils/time.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/utils/time.ts
@@ -89,7 +89,11 @@ export const forgivingStringToMillis = (value: string, fillLeft = true): number
  * @returns {number} - time in milliseconds
 
  */
-export const parseExcelDate = (excelDate: string): number => {
+export const parseExcelDate = (excelDate: unknown): number => {
+  if (typeof excelDate !== 'string') {
+    return 0;
+  }
+
   // attempt converting to date object
   const date = new Date(excelDate);
   if (date instanceof Date && !isNaN(date.getTime())) {