phacility/phabricator · error · PhutilArgumentUsageException

Unable to parse date "%s". Use a format like "%s".

Error message

Unable to parse date "%s". Use a format like "%s".

What it means

Error "Unable to parse date "%s". Use a format like "%s"." thrown in phacility/phabricator.

Source

Thrown at src/applications/audit/management/PhabricatorAuditManagementDeleteWorkflow.php:298

    $map = $query->getIdentifierMap();
    foreach ($identifiers as $identifier) {
      if (empty($map[$identifier])) {
        throw new PhutilArgumentUsageException(
          pht('No repository "%s" exists!', $identifier));
      }
    }

    return $repos;
  }

  private function loadDate($date) {
    if (!$date) {
      return null;
    }

    $epoch = strtotime($date);
    if (!$epoch || $epoch < 1) {
      throw new PhutilArgumentUsageException(
        pht(
          'Unable to parse date "%s". Use a format like "%s".',
          $date,
          '2000-01-01'));
    }

    return $epoch;
  }

  private function loadCommits($commits) {
    $names = $this->parseList($commits);
    if (!$names) {
      return null;
    }

    $query = id(new DiffusionCommitQuery())
      ->setViewer($this->getViewer())
      ->withIdentifiers($names);

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/applications/audit/management/PhabricatorAuditManagementDeleteWorkflow.php:298 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

Understand the failure class

• Parsing and encoding errors: unexpected token, malformed input — why parsers reject input and how to find the real culprit.

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