From d72f79ffb393a096f510f0c41bb66d987fe8cb0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elias Meire <elias@meire.dev>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 12:33:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(Date & Time Node): Dont parse date if it's not set (null
 or undefined) (#7050)

Github issue / Community forum post (link here to close automatically):
https://community.n8n.io/t/date-time-node-transforming-null-to-19700101/29339

null/undefined input was converted to 01/01/1970 instead of being passed
through as-is
---
 .../nodes/DateTime/V2/DateTimeV2.node.ts      | 24 +++--
 .../test/node/workflow.nullDate_v2.json       | 93 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 108 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 packages/nodes-base/nodes/DateTime/test/node/workflow.nullDate_v2.json

diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/DateTime/V2/DateTimeV2.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/DateTime/V2/DateTimeV2.node.ts
index 0f680fe521..fd36d4623f 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/DateTime/V2/DateTimeV2.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/DateTime/V2/DateTimeV2.node.ts
@@ -134,18 +134,24 @@ export class DateTimeV2 implements INodeType {
 				const outputFieldName = this.getNodeParameter('outputFieldName', i) as string;
 				const { timezone } = this.getNodeParameter('options', i) as { timezone: boolean };
 
-				const dateLuxon = timezone
-					? parseDate.call(this, date, workflowTimezone)
-					: parseDate.call(this, date);
-				if (format === 'custom') {
-					const customFormat = this.getNodeParameter('customFormat', i) as string;
+				if (date === null || date === undefined) {
 					responseData.push({
-						[outputFieldName]: dateLuxon.toFormat(customFormat),
+						[outputFieldName]: date,
 					});
 				} else {
-					responseData.push({
-						[outputFieldName]: dateLuxon.toFormat(format),
-					});
+					const dateLuxon = timezone
+						? parseDate.call(this, date, workflowTimezone)
+						: parseDate.call(this, date);
+					if (format === 'custom') {
+						const customFormat = this.getNodeParameter('customFormat', i) as string;
+						responseData.push({
+							[outputFieldName]: dateLuxon.toFormat(customFormat),
+						});
+					} else {
+						responseData.push({
+							[outputFieldName]: dateLuxon.toFormat(format),
+						});
+					}
 				}
 			} else if (operation === 'roundDate') {
 				const date = this.getNodeParameter('date', i) as string;
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/DateTime/test/node/workflow.nullDate_v2.json b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/DateTime/test/node/workflow.nullDate_v2.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a1c3a440ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/DateTime/test/node/workflow.nullDate_v2.json
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+{
+    "name": "Null Date",
+    "nodes": [
+      {
+        "parameters": {},
+        "id": "62bb450c-f2e3-41c9-9894-a954d2c5e115",
+        "name": "When clicking \"Execute Workflow\"",
+        "type": "n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger",
+        "typeVersion": 1,
+        "position": [
+          1600,
+          740
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "parameters": {
+          "jsCode": "return {date: null}"
+        },
+        "id": "47e4ce5b-2365-4987-a058-ae21964d135d",
+        "name": "Code",
+        "type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
+        "typeVersion": 2,
+        "position": [
+          1820,
+          740
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "parameters": {
+          "operation": "formatDate",
+          "date": "={{ $json.date }}",
+          "options": {}
+        },
+        "id": "9af21b91-9db6-40cd-98ee-ee969eb0a348",
+        "name": "Date & Time",
+        "type": "n8n-nodes-base.dateTime",
+        "typeVersion": 2,
+        "position": [
+          2040,
+          740
+        ]
+      }
+    ],
+    "pinData": {
+      "Date & Time": [
+        {
+          "json": {
+            "formattedDate": null
+          }
+        }
+      ],
+      "Code": [
+        {
+          "json": {
+            "date": null
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "connections": {
+      "When clicking \"Execute Workflow\"": {
+        "main": [
+          [
+            {
+              "node": "Code",
+              "type": "main",
+              "index": 0
+            }
+          ]
+        ]
+      },
+      "Code": {
+        "main": [
+          [
+            {
+              "node": "Date & Time",
+              "type": "main",
+              "index": 0
+            }
+          ]
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    "active": false,
+    "settings": {
+      "executionOrder": "v1"
+    },
+    "versionId": "",
+    "meta": {
+      "instanceId": "78577815012af39cf16dad7a787b0898c42fb7514b8a7f99b2136862c2af502c"
+    },
+    "tags": []
+  }