id: task-4.7 title: "CLI: Parse unquoted created_date" status: Done assignee: @MrLesk reporter: @MrLesk created_date: 2025-06-08 updated_date: 2025-06-08 labels: ["cli", "command"] milestone: "M1 - CLI" dependencies: ["task-4.4"] parent_task_id: task-4

Description

Support unquoted created_date values in task frontmatter. Accept multiple date formats:

• created_date: 2025-06-08
• created_date: '2025-06-08'
• created_date: 08-06-25
• created_date: 08/06/25
• created_date: 08.06.25

Allow configuration of the expected date_format in .backlog/config.yml with default yyyy-mm-dd.

Acceptance Criteria

• [x] Unquoted dates are parsed correctly when viewing tasks.
• [x] date_format option is documented in config.yml.

Implementation Notes

Date Normalization Function: Implemented normalizeDate function in src/markdown/parser.ts:4-33 that handles multiple date formats including unquoted values. The function supports yyyy-mm-dd, dd-mm-yy, dd/mm/yy, and dd.mm.yy formats with automatic normalization to ISO format.

Parser Integration: The parseTask function uses normalizeDate(frontmatter.created_date) at line 56 to process date fields, ensuring consistent date handling across all task parsing operations.

Configuration Documentation: Added date_format field documentation in .backlog/docs/README.md:15 and included dateFormat: string in the BacklogConfig interface for future extensibility.

Comprehensive Testing: Added test cases in src/test/markdown.test.ts:133-155 covering both unquoted dates (created_date: 2025-06-08) and short format dates (created_date: 08-06-25) with proper normalization verification.