# 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.

    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
    """
    debugMessage(date=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))

    # 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")