Add ERROR logging on invalid date and publishdate

Having correct dates is important in Hugo. Previously date parsing errors were swallowed, leading to confusing results.

This commit adds ERROR logging when date or publishdate in front matter cannot be parsed into a time.Time.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/hugolib/page.go b/hugolib/page.go
index 7c189ca28..2ebc17b6b 100644
--- a/hugolib/page.go
+++ b/hugolib/page.go
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ func (page *Page) update(f interface{}) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("no metadata found")
 	}
 	m := f.(map[string]interface{})
-
+	var err error
 	for k, v := range m {
 		loki := strings.ToLower(k)
 		switch loki {
@@ -421,9 +421,15 @@ func (page *Page) update(f interface{}) error {
 		case "keywords":
 			page.Keywords = cast.ToStringSlice(v)
 		case "date":
-			page.Date = cast.ToTime(v)
+			page.Date, err = cast.ToTimeE(v)
+			if err != nil {
+				jww.ERROR.Printf("Failed to parse date '%v' in page %s", v, page.File.Path())
+			}
 		case "publishdate", "pubdate":
-			page.PublishDate = cast.ToTime(v)
+			page.PublishDate, err = cast.ToTimeE(v)
+			if err != nil {
+				jww.ERROR.Printf("Failed to parse publishdate '%v' in page %s", v, page.File.Path())
+			}
 		case "draft":
 			page.Draft = cast.ToBool(v)
 		case "layout":