From ec51c049c3d25de59cbc0bb52ca16d6ee42ac41e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Randall Stillwell <me@randallstillwell.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 23:14:46 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix Monday.com date parsing and normalize dropdown labels

- Rewrite parseToISO to handle many OCR date formats: "july 20, 02",
  "20/May/1999", "08/JUN/26", "Oct / 02 / 2004", "Feb 19, 2016", etc.
- Return null instead of raw string when date parsing fails, preventing
  Monday.com ColumnValueException for unparseable dates
- Normalize long nextStep text from pre-update OCR runs (e.g.
  "Expressing my faith in Jesus..." -> "Baptism") before sending to
  Monday.com dropdowns

Made-with: Cursor
---
 src/lib/monday.ts | 100 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 91 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/lib/monday.ts b/src/lib/monday.ts
index facebe1..b0d7d54 100644
--- a/src/lib/monday.ts
+++ b/src/lib/monday.ts
@@ -155,6 +155,20 @@ function toCleanString(val: unknown): string | null {
   return str;
 }
 
+const DROPDOWN_NORMALIZATIONS: [RegExp, string][] = [
+  [/expressing my faith in jesus/i, "Baptism"],
+  [/i want to be baptized/i, "Baptism"],
+  [/learning more about becoming a partner/i, "Next Steps"],
+  [/attend next steps/i, "Next Steps"],
+];
+
+function normalizeDropdownLabel(label: string): string {
+  for (const [pattern, replacement] of DROPDOWN_NORMALIZATIONS) {
+    if (pattern.test(label)) return replacement;
+  }
+  return label;
+}
+
 function formatForColumnType(colType: string, val: unknown): unknown | null {
   switch (colType) {
     case "boolean":
@@ -172,15 +186,20 @@ function formatForColumnType(colType: string, val: unknown): unknown | null {
     case "dropdown": {
       const str = toCleanString(val);
       if (!str) return null;
-      const labels = str.split(",").map((s) => s.trim()).filter(Boolean);
+      const labels = str.split(",").map((s) => normalizeDropdownLabel(s.trim())).filter(Boolean);
       return labels.length > 0 ? { labels } : null;
     }
 
     case "date": {
       const str = toCleanString(val);
       if (!str) return null;
+      if (typeof val === "object" && !Array.isArray(val) && (val as Record<string, unknown>).date) {
+        const inner = String((val as Record<string, unknown>).date);
+        const iso = parseToISO(inner);
+        return iso ? { date: iso } : null;
+      }
       const iso = parseToISO(str);
-      return iso ? { date: iso } : str;
+      return iso ? { date: iso } : null;
     }
 
     case "numeric":
@@ -212,14 +231,77 @@ function formatForColumnType(colType: string, val: unknown): unknown | null {
   }
 }
 
+const MONTH_MAP: Record<string, string> = {
+  jan: "01", january: "01", feb: "02", february: "02",
+  mar: "03", march: "03", apr: "04", april: "04",
+  may: "05", jun: "06", june: "06", jul: "07", july: "07",
+  aug: "08", august: "08", sep: "09", september: "09",
+  oct: "10", october: "10", nov: "11", november: "11",
+  dec: "12", december: "12",
+};
+
+function normalizeYear(y: string): string {
+  if (y.length === 4) return y;
+  const n = parseInt(y);
+  return n > 50 ? `19${y.padStart(2, "0")}` : `20${y.padStart(2, "0")}`;
+}
+
 function parseToISO(dateStr: string): string | null {
-  const parts = dateStr.match(/^(\d{1,2})[/\-.](\d{1,2})[/\-.](\d{2,4})$/);
-  if (!parts) return null;
-  let [, m, d, y] = parts;
-  if (y.length === 2) y = parseInt(y) > 50 ? `19${y}` : `20${y}`;
-  const month = m.padStart(2, "0");
-  const day = d.padStart(2, "0");
-  return `${y}-${month}-${day}`;
+  const s = dateStr.replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim();
+
+  // MM/DD/YYYY or DD/MM/YYYY (all-numeric)
+  const numParts = s.match(/^(\d{1,2})\s*[/\-.]\s*(\d{1,2})\s*[/\-.]\s*(\d{2,4})$/);
+  if (numParts) {
+    let [, a, b, y] = numParts;
+    y = normalizeYear(y);
+    const aNum = parseInt(a), bNum = parseInt(b);
+    let month: string, day: string;
+    if (aNum > 12 && bNum <= 12) {
+      day = a; month = b;
+    } else {
+      month = a; day = b;
+    }
+    return `${y}-${month.padStart(2, "0")}-${day.padStart(2, "0")}`;
+  }
+
+  // DD/Mon/YYYY  e.g. "20/May/1999", "08/JUN/26"
+  const dmyNamed = s.match(/^(\d{1,2})\s*[/\-.]\s*([A-Za-z]+)\s*[/\-.]\s*(\d{2,4})$/);
+  if (dmyNamed) {
+    const [, d, mName, y] = dmyNamed;
+    const month = MONTH_MAP[mName.toLowerCase()];
+    if (month) return `${normalizeYear(y)}-${month}-${d.padStart(2, "0")}`;
+  }
+
+  // "Month DD, YY(YY)" e.g. "july 20, 02", "Feb 19, 2016", "October 5, 1990"
+  const mdyNamed = s.match(/^([A-Za-z]+)\s+(\d{1,2}),?\s*(\d{2,4})$/);
+  if (mdyNamed) {
+    const [, mName, d, y] = mdyNamed;
+    const month = MONTH_MAP[mName.toLowerCase()];
+    if (month) return `${normalizeYear(y)}-${month}-${d.padStart(2, "0")}`;
+  }
+
+  // "Mon / DD / YYYY" with spaces e.g. "Oct / 02 / 2004"
+  const spacedNamed = s.match(/^([A-Za-z]+)\s*[/\-.]\s*(\d{1,2})\s*[/\-.]\s*(\d{2,4})$/);
+  if (spacedNamed) {
+    const [, mName, d, y] = spacedNamed;
+    const month = MONTH_MAP[mName.toLowerCase()];
+    if (month) return `${normalizeYear(y)}-${month}-${d.padStart(2, "0")}`;
+  }
+
+  // YYYY-MM-DD already ISO
+  const iso = s.match(/^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})$/);
+  if (iso) return s;
+
+  // Last resort: try native Date parsing
+  const d = new Date(s);
+  if (!isNaN(d.getTime()) && d.getFullYear() > 1900) {
+    const yyyy = String(d.getFullYear());
+    const mm = String(d.getMonth() + 1).padStart(2, "0");
+    const dd = String(d.getDate()).padStart(2, "0");
+    return `${yyyy}-${mm}-${dd}`;
+  }
+
+  return null;
 }
 
 export function mapCardToColumnValues(