Function: prepareDate()

Call Signature

function prepareDate(key: string, value: unknown, nullable: true): Date | null;

Prepares a date value for database storage with nullable support and enhanced string parsing

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
key	string	The field name for error reporting
value	unknown	The value to prepare
nullable	true	Whether the field can be null

Returns

Date | null

The prepared DateTime value or null if nullable and value is null

Throws

E_INVALID_PREPARED_VALUE when the value cannot be prepared

Remarks

For string values, attempts SQL format parsing first, then falls back to ISO format parsing

Call Signature

function prepareDate(key: string, value: unknown, nullable?: false): Date;

Prepares a date value for database storage with nullable support and enhanced string parsing

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
key	string	The field name for error reporting
value	unknown	The value to prepare
nullable?	false	Whether the field can be null

Returns

Date

The prepared DateTime value or null if nullable and value is null

Throws

E_INVALID_PREPARED_VALUE when the value cannot be prepared

Remarks

For string values, attempts SQL format parsing first, then falls back to ISO format parsing