rubyforgood/human-essentials

Fix 500 on certain date input in donations#index

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#5,608 opened on Jun 21, 2026

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It looks like the bank entered an open-ended date ...

NoMethodError donations#indexundefined method 'to_fs' for nil "during the period #{start_date.to_fs(:short)} to #{end_date.to_fs(:short)}" ^^^^^^ Did you mean? to_d

It appears that this occurs when someone enters an open ended date in the picker. It also does not appear that it has any impact on the user.

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Add a nil check before calling to fs on start date and end date in the view or helper that constructs the error message 'during the period #{start date.to fs(:short)} to #{end date.to fs(:short)}'.
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