From 3f59d8c8e96c36c616311dfcdedbaf28c2bb2bf2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: stevenhsd <56357022+stevenhsd@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:46:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix: add ability to strictly enforce date format in
 conformatteddate

---
 src/dve/metadata_parser/domain_types.py | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/dve/metadata_parser/domain_types.py b/src/dve/metadata_parser/domain_types.py
index 6c4a5c4..dd06843 100644
--- a/src/dve/metadata_parser/domain_types.py
+++ b/src/dve/metadata_parser/domain_types.py
@@ -260,6 +260,8 @@ class ConFormattedDate(dt.date):
 
     DATE_FORMAT: ClassVar[Optional[str]] = None
     """The specific format of the date as a Python 'strptime' string."""
+    strict: ClassVar[Optional[bool]] = False
+    """Add additional check to ensure that date supplied meets the date format exactly."""
     ge: ClassVar[Optional[dt.date]] = None
     """The earliest date allowed."""
     le: ClassVar[Optional[dt.date]] = None
@@ -280,12 +282,17 @@ def validate(cls, value: Optional[Union[dt.date, str]]) -> Optional[dt.date]:
         elif cls.DATE_FORMAT is not None:
             try:
                 date = dt.datetime.strptime(value, cls.DATE_FORMAT).date()
+                if cls.strict and not (date.strftime(cls.DATE_FORMAT) == value):
+                    raise ValueError
             except ValueError as err:
                 raise ValueError(
                     f"Unable to parse provided datetime in format {cls.DATE_FORMAT}"
                 ) from err  # pylint: disable=line-too-long
         else:
             raise ValueError("No date format provided")
+        
+    
+        
 
         return date
 
@@ -317,6 +324,7 @@ def __get_validators__(cls) -> Iterator[classmethod]:
 @validate_arguments
 def conformatteddate(
     date_format: Optional[str] = None,
+    strict: Optional[bool] = False,
     ge: Optional[dt.date] = None,  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
     le: Optional[dt.date] = None,  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
     gt: Optional[dt.date] = None,  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
@@ -331,6 +339,7 @@ def conformatteddate(
 
     dict_ = ConFormattedDate.__dict__.copy()
     dict_["DATE_FORMAT"] = date_format
+    dict_["strict"] = strict
     dict_["ge"] = ge
     dict_["le"] = le
     dict_["gt"] = gt

From d45428a985c2263250c18fa4228e1e04e667bb0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: stevenhsd <56357022+stevenhsd@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:27:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] refactor: tweaks to sort review comments

---
 src/dve/metadata_parser/domain_types.py | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/dve/metadata_parser/domain_types.py b/src/dve/metadata_parser/domain_types.py
index dd06843..545429f 100644
--- a/src/dve/metadata_parser/domain_types.py
+++ b/src/dve/metadata_parser/domain_types.py
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ def validate(cls, value: Optional[Union[dt.date, str]]) -> Optional[dt.date]:
         elif cls.DATE_FORMAT is not None:
             try:
                 date = dt.datetime.strptime(value, cls.DATE_FORMAT).date()
-                if cls.strict and not (date.strftime(cls.DATE_FORMAT) == value):
+                if cls.strict and (date.strftime(cls.DATE_FORMAT) != value):
                     raise ValueError
             except ValueError as err:
                 raise ValueError(
@@ -290,9 +290,6 @@ def validate(cls, value: Optional[Union[dt.date, str]]) -> Optional[dt.date]:
                 ) from err  # pylint: disable=line-too-long
         else:
             raise ValueError("No date format provided")
-        
-    
-        
 
         return date