diff --git a/src/utils/stringtodate.py b/src/utils/stringtodate.py
index be623a8..edaf24c 100644
--- a/src/utils/stringtodate.py
+++ b/src/utils/stringtodate.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # import qdate
 from PyQt6 import QtCore
-
-
+from .debug import debugMessage
 def stringToDate(date: str) -> QtCore.QDate:
     """Takes an input string and returns a QDate object.
 
@@ -11,21 +10,31 @@ def stringToDate(date: str) -> QtCore.QDate:
     Returns:
         QtCore.QDate: the QDate object in string format DD.MM.yyyy
     """
-
-    datedata = date.split(" ")[1:]
-    month = datedata[0]
-    day = datedata[1]
-    year = datedata[2]
-    month = month.replace("Jan", "01")
-    month = month.replace("Feb", "02")
-    month = month.replace("Mar", "03")
-    month = month.replace("Apr", "04")
-    month = month.replace("May", "05")
-    month = month.replace("Jun", "06")
-    month = month.replace("Jul", "07")
-    month = month.replace("Aug", "08")
-    month = month.replace("Sep", "09")
-    month = month.replace("Oct", "10")
-    month = month.replace("Nov", "11")
-    month = month.replace("Dec", "12")
-    return QtCore.QDate(int(year), int(month), int(day)).toString("dd.MM.yyyy")
+    debugMessage(date=date)
+    if not date:
+        return ""
+    if "." in date:
+        # converts the date from dd.mm.yyyy to qdate
+        datedata = date.split(".")
+        day = datedata[0]
+        month = datedata[1]
+        year = datedata[2]
+        return QtCore.QDate(int(year), int(month), int(day))  # .toString("dd.MM.yyyy")
+    else:
+        datedata = date.split(" ")[1:]
+        month = datedata[0]
+        day = datedata[1]
+        year = datedata[2]
+        month = month.replace("Jan", "01")
+        month = month.replace("Feb", "02")
+        month = month.replace("Mar", "03")
+        month = month.replace("Apr", "04")
+        month = month.replace("May", "05")
+        month = month.replace("Jun", "06")
+        month = month.replace("Jul", "07")
+        month = month.replace("Aug", "08")
+        month = month.replace("Sep", "09")
+        month = month.replace("Oct", "10")
+        month = month.replace("Nov", "11")
+        month = month.replace("Dec", "12")
+        return QtCore.QDate(int(year), int(month), int(day)).toString("dd.MM.yyyy")