import isDate   from 'lodash/isDate';
import isString from 'lodash/isString';
import isNumber from 'lodash/isNumber';
import toString from 'lodash/toString';

export function toDate(entity: unknown): Date {
    if(entity === null || entity === undefined)
        return new Date(Number.NaN);
    else if(isDate(entity))
        return entity;
    else if(isString(entity) || isNumber(entity))
        return new Date(entity);
    return new Date(toString(entity));
}

export default toDate;