From 9d217aafaf136b009bb35b46287af1d964bba15d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ajdj100 <ajairplane@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:05:41 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] improved robustness of time serialization system

---
 shared/utils/time.ts | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/shared/utils/time.ts b/shared/utils/time.ts
index 416fba5..322b015 100644
--- a/shared/utils/time.ts
+++ b/shared/utils/time.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 export function toDateTime(date: Date): string {
     console.log(date);
+    if (typeof date === 'string') {
+        date = new Date(date);
+    }
     // This produces a CST-local time because server runs in CST
     const year   = date.getFullYear();
     const month  = (date.getMonth() + 1).toString().padStart(2, "0");