From ced62253c9ce1aa6e09774bcab0e98f3d861fd25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: eyko139 <mud2@gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2025 18:03:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Transform search dates to ISO 8601 UTC format for immich
 photo search

---
 app/services/immich/request_photos.rb | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/services/immich/request_photos.rb b/app/services/immich/request_photos.rb
index 0dfcbcd5..497dcb64 100644
--- a/app/services/immich/request_photos.rb
+++ b/app/services/immich/request_photos.rb
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ class Immich::RequestPhotos
     @user = user
     @immich_api_base_url = URI.parse("#{user.safe_settings.immich_url}/api/search/metadata")
     @immich_api_key = user.safe_settings.immich_api_key
-    @start_date = start_date
-    @end_date = end_date
+    @start_date = normalize_date(start_date)
+    @end_date = normalize_date(end_date)
   end
 
   def call
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ class Immich::RequestPhotos
 
   private
 
+  def normalize_date(raw_date)
+    return nil if raw_date.nil?
+
+    time = Time.zone.parse(raw_date.to_s)
+    time.utc.iso8601
+  rescue ArgumentError => e
+    raise ArgumentError, "Invalid date format for '#{raw_date}': #{e.message}"
+  end
+
   def retrieve_immich_data
     page = 1
     data = []