# import qdate
from PyQt6 import QtCore
from src import log


def stringToDate(date: str) -> QtCore.QDate:
    """Takes an input string and returns a QDate object.

    Args:
        date (str): the string of the date in the database, format: WDay Month Day Year

    Returns:
        QtCore.QDate: the QDate object in string format DD.MM.yyyy
    """
    #log.debug(f"stringToDate: {date}")
    if not date:
        return ""
    if isinstance(date, QtCore.QDate):
        return date
    else:
        datedata = date.split("-")
        day = datedata[2]
        month = datedata[1]
        year = datedata[0]
        return QtCore.QDate(int(year), int(month), int(day))