fix: Inconsistent/broken behavior in parseDate

src/date_utils.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { endOfDay } from "date-fns/endOfDay";
 import { endOfMonth } from "date-fns/endOfMonth";
 import { endOfWeek } from "date-fns/endOfWeek";
 import { endOfYear } from "date-fns/endOfYear";
-import { format, longFormatters } from "date-fns/format";
+import { format } from "date-fns/format";
 import { getDate } from "date-fns/getDate";
 import { getDay } from "date-fns/getDay";
 import { getHours } from "date-fns/getHours";
@@ -100,10 +100,6 @@ function getLocaleScope() {
 
 export const DEFAULT_YEAR_ITEM_NUMBER = 12;
 
-// This RegExp catches symbols escaped by quotes, and also
-// sequences of symbols P, p, and the combinations like `PPPPPPPppppp`
-const longFormattingTokensRegExp = /P+p+|P+|p+|''|'(''|[^'])+('|$)|./g;
-
 // ** Date Constructors **
 
 export function newDate(value?: string | Date | number | null): Date {
@@ -122,77 +118,35 @@ export function newDate(value?: string | Date | number | null): Date {
  * @param dateFormat - The date format.
  * @param locale - The locale.
  * @param strictParsing - The strict parsing flag.
- * @param minDate - The minimum date.
+ * @param refDate - The base date to be passed to date-fns parse() function.
  * @returns - The parsed date or null.
  */
 export function parseDate(
   value: string,
   dateFormat: string | string[],
   locale: Locale | undefined,
   strictParsing: boolean,
-  minDate?: Date,
+  refDate: Date = newDate(),
 ): Date | null {
-  let parsedDate = null;
   const localeObject =
     getLocaleObject(locale) || getLocaleObject(getDefaultLocale());
-  let strictParsingValueMatch = true;
-  if (Array.isArray(dateFormat)) {
-    dateFormat.forEach((df) => {
-      const tryParseDate = parse(value, df, new Date(), {
-        locale: localeObject,
-        useAdditionalWeekYearTokens: true,
-        useAdditionalDayOfYearTokens: true,
-      });
-      if (strictParsing) {
-        strictParsingValueMatch =
-          isValid(tryParseDate, minDate) &&
-          value === formatDate(tryParseDate, df, locale);
-      }
-      if (isValid(tryParseDate, minDate) && strictParsingValueMatch) {
-        parsedDate = tryParseDate;
-      }
-    });
-    return parsedDate;
-  }
 
-  parsedDate = parse(value, dateFormat, new Date(), {
-    locale: localeObject,
-    useAdditionalWeekYearTokens: true,
-    useAdditionalDayOfYearTokens: true,
-  });
+  const formats = Array.isArray(dateFormat) ? dateFormat : [dateFormat];
 
-  if (strictParsing) {
-    strictParsingValueMatch =
+  for (const format of formats) {
+    const parsedDate = parse(value, format, refDate, {
+      locale: localeObject,
+      useAdditionalWeekYearTokens: true,
+      useAdditionalDayOfYearTokens: true,
+    });
+    if (
       isValid(parsedDate) &&
-      value === formatDate(parsedDate, dateFormat, locale);
-  } else if (!isValid(parsedDate)) {
-    const format = (dateFormat.match(longFormattingTokensRegExp) ?? [])
-      .map(function (substring) {
-        const firstCharacter = substring[0];
-        if (firstCharacter === "p" || firstCharacter === "P") {
-          // The type in date-fns is `Record<string, LongFormatter>` so we can do our firstCharacter a bit loos but I don't think that this is a good idea
-          const longFormatter = longFormatters[firstCharacter]!;
-          return localeObject
-            ? longFormatter(substring, localeObject.formatLong)
-            : firstCharacter;
-        }
-        return substring;
-      })
-      .join("");
-
-    if (value.length > 0) {
-      parsedDate = parse(value, format.slice(0, value.length), new Date(), {
-        useAdditionalWeekYearTokens: true,
-        useAdditionalDayOfYearTokens: true,
-      });
-    }
-
-    if (!isValid(parsedDate)) {
-      parsedDate = new Date(value);
+      (!strictParsing || value === formatDate(parsedDate, format, locale))
+    ) {
+      return parsedDate;
     }
   }
-
-  return isValid(parsedDate) && strictParsingValueMatch ? parsedDate : null;
+  return null;
 }
 
 // ** Date "Reflection" **
@@ -240,13 +194,7 @@ export function formatDate(
       `A locale object was not found for the provided string ["${locale}"].`,
     );
   }
-  if (
-    !localeObj &&
-    !!getDefaultLocale() &&
-    !!getLocaleObject(getDefaultLocale())
-  ) {
-    localeObj = getLocaleObject(getDefaultLocale());
-  }
+  localeObj = localeObj || getLocaleObject(getDefaultLocale());
   return format(date, formatStr, {
     locale: localeObj,
     useAdditionalWeekYearTokens: true,

src/index.tsx

@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ export default class DatePicker extends Component<
       dateFormat,
       this.props.locale,
       strictParsing,
-      this.props.minDate,
+      this.props.selected ?? undefined,
     );
     // Use date from `selected` prop when manipulating only time for input value
     if (

src/test/date_utils_test.test.ts

@@ -978,11 +978,35 @@ describe("date_utils", () => {
 
     it("should parse date that matches one of the formats", () => {
       const value = "01/15/2019";
-      const dateFormat = ["MM/dd/yyyy", "yyyy-MM-dd"];
+      const dateFormat = ["yyyy-MM-dd", "MM/dd/yyyy"];
 
       expect(parseDate(value, dateFormat, undefined, true)).not.toBeNull();
     });
 
+    it("should prefer the first matching format in array (strict)", () => {
+      const value = "01/06/2019";
+      const valueLax = "1/6/2019";
+      const dateFormat = ["MM/dd/yyyy", "dd/MM/yyyy"];
+
+      const expected = new Date(2019, 0, 6);
+
+      expect(parseDate(value, dateFormat, undefined, true)).toEqual(expected);
+      expect(parseDate(valueLax, dateFormat, undefined, true)).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it("should prefer the first matching format in array", () => {
+      const value = "01/06/2019";
+      const valueLax = "1/6/2019";
+      const dateFormat = ["MM/dd/yyyy", "dd/MM/yyyy"];
+
+      const expected = new Date(2019, 0, 6);
+
+      expect(parseDate(value, dateFormat, undefined, false)).toEqual(expected);
+      expect(parseDate(valueLax, dateFormat, undefined, false)).toEqual(
+        expected,
+      );
+    });
+
     it("should not parse date that does not match the format", () => {
       const value = "01/15/20";
       const dateFormat = "MM/dd/yyyy";
@@ -998,7 +1022,7 @@ describe("date_utils", () => {
     });
 
     it("should parse date without strict parsing", () => {
-      const value = "01/15/20";
+      const value = "1/2/2020";
       const dateFormat = "MM/dd/yyyy";
 
       expect(parseDate(value, dateFormat, undefined, false)).not.toBeNull();
@@ -1014,6 +1038,22 @@ describe("date_utils", () => {
       expect(actual).toEqual(expected);
     });
 
+    it("should parse date based on locale w/o strict", () => {
+      const valuePt = "26. fev 1995";
+      const valueEn = "26. feb 1995";
+
+      const locale = "pt-BR";
+      const dateFormat = "d. MMM yyyy";
+
+      const expected = new Date(1995, 1, 26);
+
+      expect(parseDate(valuePt, dateFormat, locale, false)).toEqual(expected);
+      expect(parseDate(valueEn, dateFormat, undefined, false)).toEqual(
+        expected,
+      );
+      expect(parseDate(valueEn, dateFormat, locale, false)).toBeNull();
+    });
+
     it("should not parse date based on locale without a given locale", () => {
       const value = "26/05/1995";
       const dateFormat = "P";

src/test/datepicker_test.test.tsx

@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ describe("DatePicker", () => {
     const input = container.querySelector("input");
     fireEvent.change(input ?? new HTMLInputElement(), {
       target: {
-        value: newDate("2014-01-02"),
+        value: "01/02/2014",
       },
     });
 
@@ -1679,7 +1679,7 @@ describe("DatePicker", () => {
       return render(
         <DatePicker
           selected={new Date("1993-07-02")}
-          minDate={new Date("1800/01/01")}
+          minDate={new Date("1800-01-01")}
           open
         />,
       );
@@ -1691,11 +1691,11 @@ describe("DatePicker", () => {
 
       fireEvent.change(input ?? new HTMLElement(), {
         target: {
-          value: "1801/01/01",
+          value: "01/01/1801",
         },
       });
 
-      expect(container.querySelector("input")?.value).toBe("1801/01/01");
+      expect(container.querySelector("input")?.value).toBe("01/01/1801");
       expect(
         container.querySelector(".react-datepicker__current-month")?.innerHTML,
       ).toBe("January 1801");
@@ -1779,7 +1779,7 @@ describe("DatePicker", () => {
     it("should update the selected date on manual input", () => {
       const data = getOnInputKeyDownStuff();
       fireEvent.change(data.dateInput, {
-        target: { value: "02/02/2017" },
+        target: { value: "2017-02-02" },
       });
       fireEvent.keyDown(data.dateInput, getKey(KeyType.Enter));
       data.copyM = newDate("2017-02-02");

src/test/min_time_test.test.tsx

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ describe("Datepicker minTime", () => {
       <DatePickerWithState minTime={minTime} maxTime={maxTime} />,
     );
     const input = container.querySelector("input") ?? new HTMLInputElement();
-    fireEvent.change(input, { target: { value: "2023-03-10 16:00" } });
+    fireEvent.change(input, { target: { value: "03/10/2023 16:00" } });
     fireEvent.focusOut(input);
 
     expect(input.value).toEqual("03/10/2023 16:00");