datacamp / datacamp/rdocumentation-2.0
Release date is Jan 1, 1970 for some older package versions
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- TypeScript
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Description
The incorrect dates are coming directly from the RDocs API.
Example: /packages/dplyr/versions/0.4.3?package=dplyr&version=0.4.3
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by inspecting the RDocs API response for /packages/dplyr/versions/0.4.3?package=dplyr&version=0.4.3 and trace where its release date is parsed or displayed. Confirm how older package versions produce the Unix epoch date, then verify that the displayed release date is correct for the reported example and similar versions.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- r, typescript
- Domain
- api, backend, documentation
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 28/100