From 97c81fadb426d71ac99c9443ab0e89f4089046ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MajorTanya <39014446+MajorTanya@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2024 18:55:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix MAL search results not showing start dates (#1098)

The previous approach would always throw an Exception because
`SimpleDateFormat.format()` expects the input to be of type `Date` or
`Number`, not `String`.
---
 .../tachiyomi/data/track/myanimelist/MyAnimeListApi.kt     | 7 +------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/track/myanimelist/MyAnimeListApi.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/track/myanimelist/MyAnimeListApi.kt
index 2aef56016b..097e36a5d7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/track/myanimelist/MyAnimeListApi.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/track/myanimelist/MyAnimeListApi.kt
@@ -129,12 +129,7 @@ class MyAnimeListApi(
                                 obj["status"]!!.jsonPrimitive.content.replace("_", " ")
                             publishing_type =
                                 obj["media_type"]!!.jsonPrimitive.content.replace("_", " ")
-                            start_date = try {
-                                val outputDf = SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd", Locale.US)
-                                outputDf.format(obj["start_date"]!!)
-                            } catch (e: Exception) {
-                                ""
-                            }
+                            start_date = obj["start_date"]?.jsonPrimitive?.content ?: ""
                         }
                     }
             }